PMS cant play some .mkv

[Baller80]

I was wondering if there is a way to make PMS play all kinds of .mkv files?
Currrently It plays 720p, 1080p but some .mkv files wont work. The screen becomes black and nothing happens, no error message either. Even after some time had passed the screen was still black, nothing happened.

[Topguy]

I was wondering if there is a way to make PMS play all kinds of .mkv files?
Currrently It plays 720p, 1080p but some .mkv files wont work. The screen becomes black and nothing happens, no error message either. Even after some time had passed the screen was still black, nothing happened.

It is probably impossibly to guarantee that PMS will play 100% of all MKV files in the whole world since the matroska container can contain very many different types of video and audio tracks.

Exactly why some of your tracks will not play,and weather this can be fixed , is impossible for us to theorize over until you post more information about them.

[Baller80]

I hope this will help:

ormat : Matroska
File size : 702 MiB
Duration : 57 min
Overal bit rate : 1709 Kbps
Movie name : [Shinsen-Subs] Kara no Kyoukai - Part 3 - Remaining Sense of Pain
Encoded date : UTC 2008-10-29 06:16:20
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.2.0 ('Turn It On Again') built on Mar 4 2008 12:58:26
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Cover : Yes

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Ja
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 57 min
Nominal bit rate : 1477 Kbps
Width : 720 pixlar
Height : 480 pixlar
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.178
Writing library : x264 core 65 r998M 6768543
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.0:0.5 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=400 / keyint_min=12 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1477 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : Engelska

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Ja
Format settings, PS : Nej
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 57 min
Channel(s) : 6 kanaler
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Language : Japanska

Text
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Language : Engelska

Kapitel
1 : 00:00:00.000 Kara no Kyoukai - Part 3 - Remaining Sense of Pain
2 : 00:51:29.628 Ending
3 : 00:56:11.368 Preview

[Subject2Change]

Are you going through the main folder in which the file is placed or are you using the Transcode folder? For me sometimes files will automatically transcode fine from the general folder often enough not and will require me to go into the #Transcode# folder and actually have me select my transcoding engine. Also you can try using different transcoding engines as often some playback better than others or work with certain files better.

[H5N1_NL]

I have some mkv's with "vc-1" in the titel. There might be a problem with a wvc1 codec, wich is a problem by mkv2vob as well.
Looking for a solution....

Grtz