problems with .mkv

Corvu · November 7th, 2007, 04:27 AM

i am a bit of a noob when it comes to media files and i have been having problems with playing the hd polar special. it is a .mkv file. I down loaded media player classic, which plays the file, but the picture goes half the speed of the sound. i have a new computer with plenty of power. I downloaded vlc player as well, but that would not play the file at all. i could not find a converter to play it with wmp 11, which is what i have been using for other top gear, with a divx codec pack.

any suggestions?

epp_b · November 7th, 2007, 04:43 AM

Is this the high-def version? Do you know if your computer can even handle it?

Corvu · November 7th, 2007, 05:05 AM

it is the 720p version, my computer should be able to handle it. core duo 2.0 ghz with 4mb cache, 2gb ram, 256md nvidia geforce, 1650x1080 res.

Buba · November 7th, 2007, 05:16 AM

ffdshow. Or cccp. Discussed like a million billion times...

epp_b · November 7th, 2007, 05:25 AM

Hmm...yeah, OK, it certainly can handle it. Check out the news archives a while back, I think there is a tutorial on getting HD to work.

jensked · November 7th, 2007, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buba

ffdshow. Or cccp. Discussed like a million billion times...

cvrefugee · November 7th, 2007, 03:25 PM

I've given up on trying to play Matroska POS files. Always stuttered no matter which codec or player I used. It's a shitty codec, plain and simple.

Buba · November 7th, 2007, 03:52 PM

matroska = container, x.264 = encoder, mpeg4 avc = codec, cvrefugee = fail, sorry...

Speedtouch · November 7th, 2007, 05:03 PM

Can I just ask why someone actually made the 7GB 1080p rip of the Polar Special? Can it play smoothly on ANYONES computer?

ESPNSTI · November 7th, 2007, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedtouch

Can I just ask why someone actually made the 7GB 1080p rip of the Polar Special? Can it play smoothly on ANYONES computer?

It looks stunning on my 55" 1080p TV, and my Core2Duo 2.66 barely breaks a sweat playing it.

FYI, this is what I'm using to run it:
http://forums.finalgear.com/showthre...474#post496474

Buba · November 7th, 2007, 05:14 PM

My c2d 6300 with coreavc runs it @ 30% with some minor 50% peaks...

Speedtouch · November 7th, 2007, 06:13 PM

OK. I tried the MPC. And it runs smoother. But the audio is still out of sync.

ESPNSTI · November 7th, 2007, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedtouch

OK. I tried the MPC. And it runs smoother. But the audio is still out of sync.

Can you manually adjust it?
MPC binds the audio delay adjust to the numeric keypad plus and minus keys I think.
You shouldn't have to use them, and I didn't have any audio delay problems with the 1080p version, but maybe it will solve your problem.

Buba · November 7th, 2007, 06:46 PM

Speedtouch never told us what machine or decoder he is using... Mpc uses the same filters as the other media players, so how the heck could it get any better with it?

Speedtouch · November 7th, 2007, 07:05 PM

By MPC, I mean everything ESPNSTI uses. Not just MPC on its own.

Corvu · November 8th, 2007, 12:17 AM

on media player classic, the sound is great, but the picture gets out of sync a couple times a minute, and then fixes itself. i downloaded ffdshow, but i dunno if i am supposed to plug that into the media player or something like that. like i said, i am a noob at this, so just saying things like ffdshow and cccp doesn't mean a whole lot to me.

cvrefugee · November 8th, 2007, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buba

matroska = container, x.264 = encoder, mpeg4 avc = codec, cvrefugee = fail, sorry...

I knew you were going to say that. Anyways, Matroska can sucks my balls. 1080p trailers from Apple work perfectly on my system, yet some lame-ass "container" developed primarily for the Anime tards stutters like crazy. And for the record, CCCP does not work with Vista, or it didn't when I tried it. VLC can't play .mkv for me either.

matroska=fail

And their shitty website doesn't even load.

Corvu · November 8th, 2007, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvrefugee

matroska=fail

And their shitty website doesn't even load.

true. the site is rubbish.

still, anyone have any advice that doesn't include spitting out random letters? this seems to be a rather widespread problem.

Buba · November 8th, 2007, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvrefugee

I knew you were going to say that.

Good, then you know that I'm just teasing you... images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

For problem elimination, I'd recommend for you guys to dl a 720p version of a tv show. Maybe off eztv.it
If your machines can't run this fine, its processing power, if it can, we gotta search on.

My first guess would be, while you installed coreavc its not being used, and ffdshow is only singlethreaded and maxes out your CPU. You could also try something that is GPU supported like... Dunno... Whatever GPU you got...

Corvu · November 8th, 2007, 06:25 AM

thanks. it works perfectly now.

November 7th, 2007, 04:27 AM	#1
Corvu Joined: Sep 11th, 2007 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Posts: 51 Car: '93 Corolla 1.6 Rep Power: 5	problems with .mkv i am a bit of a noob when it comes to media files and i have been having problems with playing the hd polar special. it is a .mkv file. I down loaded media player classic, which plays the file, but the picture goes half the speed of the sound. i have a new computer with plenty of power. I downloaded vlc player as well, but that would not play the file at all. i could not find a converter to play it with wmp 11, which is what i have been using for other top gear, with a divx codec pack. any suggestions? __________________ HOORAY for Top Gear

November 7th, 2007, 05:05 AM	#3
Corvu Joined: Sep 11th, 2007 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Posts: 51 Car: '93 Corolla 1.6 Rep Power: 5	it is the 720p version, my computer should be able to handle it. core duo 2.0 ghz with 4mb cache, 2gb ram, 256md nvidia geforce, 1650x1080 res. __________________ HOORAY for Top Gear

November 7th, 2007, 05:16 AM	#4
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: September 6th, 2008 Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 26 Posts: 5,899 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 30	ffdshow. Or cccp. Discussed like a million billion times... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

November 7th, 2007, 03:52 PM	#8
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: September 6th, 2008 Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 26 Posts: 5,899 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 30	matroska = container, x.264 = encoder, mpeg4 avc = codec, cvrefugee = fail, sorry... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

November 7th, 2007, 05:03 PM	#9
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,544 Rep Power: 28	Can I just ask why someone actually made the 7GB 1080p rip of the Polar Special? Can it play smoothly on ANYONES computer? __________________ I Don't Know Where I'd Be Without This Forum. Thanks So Much

November 7th, 2007, 04:43 AM	#2
epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 06:03 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,205 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 32	Is this the high-def version? Do you know if your computer can even handle it?

November 7th, 2007, 05:25 AM	#5
epp_b n00b of the year Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 06:03 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,205 Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 32	Hmm...yeah, OK, it certainly can handle it. Check out the news archives a while back, I think there is a tutorial on getting HD to work.

November 7th, 2007, 03:25 PM	#7
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 07:54 AM Location: Corona, CA Age: 27 Posts: 3,225 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 48	I've given up on trying to play Matroska POS files. Always stuttered no matter which codec or player I used. It's a shitty codec, plain and simple.

November 7th, 2007, 05:14 PM	#11
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: September 6th, 2008 Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 26 Posts: 5,899 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 30	My c2d 6300 with coreavc runs it @ 30% with some minor 50% peaks... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

November 7th, 2007, 06:13 PM	#12
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,544 Rep Power: 28	OK. I tried the MPC. And it runs smoother. But the audio is still out of sync. __________________ I Don't Know Where I'd Be Without This Forum. Thanks So Much

November 7th, 2007, 06:46 PM	#14
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: September 6th, 2008 Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 26 Posts: 5,899 Car: Golf LFS Status: Rep Power: 30	Speedtouch never told us what machine or decoder he is using... Mpc uses the same filters as the other media players, so how the heck could it get any better with it? __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

November 7th, 2007, 07:05 PM	#15
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,544 Rep Power: 28	By MPC, I mean everything ESPNSTI uses. Not just MPC on its own. __________________ I Don't Know Where I'd Be Without This Forum. Thanks So Much

November 8th, 2007, 12:17 AM	#16
Corvu Joined: Sep 11th, 2007 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Posts: 51 Car: '93 Corolla 1.6 Rep Power: 5	on media player classic, the sound is great, but the picture gets out of sync a couple times a minute, and then fixes itself. i downloaded ffdshow, but i dunno if i am supposed to plug that into the media player or something like that. like i said, i am a noob at this, so just saying things like ffdshow and cccp doesn't mean a whole lot to me. __________________ HOORAY for Top Gear

November 8th, 2007, 06:25 AM	#20
Corvu Joined: Sep 11th, 2007 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Posts: 51 Car: '93 Corolla 1.6 Rep Power: 5	thanks. it works perfectly now. __________________ HOORAY for Top Gear

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