Certain .mkv videos not playing

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Certain .mkv videos not playing

Postby JohnStevens83 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:34 am

So I'm fairly new to PS3 media server, but I love how easy it is to set up and everything, but I'm having a problem playing some .mkv's. I tried playing a 720p .mkv file and it worked fine, but when I try to play any of my 3 lord of the rings extended .mkv's (~25GB each), I get the error 'This content cannot be played. (800288E1). I got the following error in the 'traces' - INFO 2013-01-31 23:08:50.266 [mencoder.exe-5] Process C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe has a return code of -1073741819! Maybe an error occurred... check the log file. Since it can play a 720p blu ray .mkv just fine and not the LOTR .mkv's, I assume there's some configuration problem. I'll post the specs/other required information below.


Specs: i7 930 @3.8GHz, 6Gb Ram, Windows 8 x64 Professional, PMS 1.72.0

Streaming to PS3, no custom renderer profile, connected via Wifi

I'm using MEncoder and everything is default, here is a screenshot http://puu.sh/1VFJ2

Edit: I just fixed the debug.log, here is what happens when I open the file
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DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:40.127 [UPNP-AliveMessageSender] Sending ALIVE...
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.166 [New I/O server worker #1-7] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.272 [New I/O server worker #1-7] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.273 [New I/O server worker #1-7] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Return.of.the.King.Extended.Editions.2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.515 [New I/O server worker #1-7] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Return.of.the.King.Extended.Editions.2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.518 [New I/O server worker #1-7] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Two.Towers.Extended.Editions.2002.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.624 [New I/O server worker #1-7] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Two.Towers.Extended.Editions.2002.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.772 [New I/O server worker #1-9] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -ss 1 -i H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv -an -an -s 320x180 -vframes 1 -f image2 pipe:
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.888 [New I/O server worker #1-9] Attaching thread: ffmpeg.exe-2
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:41.966 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: ffmpeg.exe-1
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.074 [New I/O server worker #1-9] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.148 [New I/O server worker #1-14] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -ss 1 -i H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Return.of.the.King.Extended.Editions.2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv -an -an -s 320x180 -vframes 1 -f image2 pipe:
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.263 [New I/O server worker #1-14] Attaching thread: ffmpeg.exe-3
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.408 [New I/O server worker #1-14] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Return.of.the.King.Extended.Editions.2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.572 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\ffmpeg.exe" -ss 1 -i H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Two.Towers.Extended.Editions.2002.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv -an -an -s 320x180 -vframes 1 -f image2 pipe:
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.688 [New I/O server worker #1-1] Attaching thread: ffmpeg.exe-4
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:42.835 [New I/O server worker #1-1] No encoding detected for H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Two.Towers.Extended.Editions.2002.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.srt.
INFO 2013-01-31 23:36:43.799 [New I/O server worker #1-3] Starting transcode/remux of The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:43.838 [New I/O server worker #1-3] Creating pipe \\.\pipe\mencoder1359693403838
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:43.902 [Thread-29] Waiting for pipe connection \\.\pipe\mencoder1359693403838
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:43.952 [mencoder.exe-5] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv -msglevel statusline=2 -oac lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=8 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=640:threads=8:vqmin=2:vqscale=1:keyint=5:vrc_maxrate=54000:vrc_buf_size=7000 -subdelay 20000 -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -af lavcresample=48000 -srate 48000 -o \\.\pipe\mencoder1359693403838
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.104 [mencoder.exe-5] Reading pipe: \\.\pipe\mencoder1359693403838
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.104 [mencoder.exe-5] Attaching thread: mencoder.exe-5
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.118 [Thread-33] MEncoder SB41 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.118 [Thread-33] Custom build by SubJunk, http://www.spirton.com
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.118 [Thread-33]
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.137 [Thread-33] success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xbd90e1cd
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.137 [Thread-33] libavformat version 54.29.105 (internal)
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.138 [Thread-33] libavformat file format detected.
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.143 [Thread-33] [dca @ 0113f220]Number of channels changed in DCA decoder (6 -> 7)
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.143 [Thread-33] [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.143 [Thread-33] [lavf] stream 1: audio (dca), -aid 0
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.143 [Thread-33] VIDEO: [H264] 1920x800 0bpp 23.976 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.143 [Thread-33] [V] filefmt:44 fourcc:0x34363248 size:1920x800 fps:23.976 ftime:=0.0417
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.143 [Thread-33] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.144 [Thread-33] Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.144 [Thread-33] libavcodec version 54.64.100 (internal)
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.144 [Thread-33] [dca @ 0113f220]Number of channels changed in DCA decoder (7 -> 6)
INFO 2013-01-31 23:36:44.147 [mencoder.exe-5] Process C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe has a return code of -1073741819! Maybe an error occurred... check the log file
INFO 2013-01-31 23:36:44.552 [StartPlaying Event] renderer: 192.168.254.18, file: H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.567 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: ffmpeg.exe-2
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:44.901 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: ffmpeg.exe-3
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:45.327 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: ffmpeg.exe-4
DEBUG 2013-01-31 23:36:47.053 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: mencoder.exe-5
INFO 2013-01-31 23:36:48.574 [StopPlaying Event] renderer: 192.168.254.18, file: H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv

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This is file specific I THINK, because I can play some .mkv's fine, just not the lord of the rings blu ray .mk4's I want to play.
Here is a screenshot of the .mkv that won't work, it shows the file specifics and bitrate, etc http://puu.sh/1VFOn

The text from mediainfo is below
General
Unique ID : 183743321928986718575115798043475198096 (0x8A3BAD343E536581B4298D67B7624090)
Complete name : H:\lotr\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Motion.Picture.Trilogy.Extended.Editions.2001-2003.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi\The.Lord.of.the.Rings.The.Fellowship.of.the.Ring.Extended.Editions.2001.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 23.0 GiB
Duration : 3h 48mn
Overall bit rate : 14.4 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-09 15:12:51
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

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 3h 48mn
Bit rate : 12.9 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.350
Stream size : 20.1 GiB (88%)
Writing library : x264 core 114 r1913 5fd3dce
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=tesa / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=48 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=12895 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=38000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.80
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : ES
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 3h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 7 channels / 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: C, LFE / Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 2.41 GiB (10%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No


Lastly, I tried to force disable subtitles, but that didn't fix the problem. I think my issue might be related to this viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3003, but still, I forced disabled the subtitles, so I don't know. Same error code on 1080p .mkv's though. I tried -noass:: and that didn't help either. Deleting the subtitle files alltogether still didn't help.
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Re: Certain .mkv videos not playing

Postby JohnStevens83 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:16 am

Nevermind, I'm muxing them to mp4
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