Please help,choppy in playing Mkv 1080

[marendra]

Dear all,

Please help, when i played 1080 transformer, with pch, the movie was very choppy (very slow,pixelated),i already upgraded my pch with the latest firmware,but the result still the same.

This is information about the video from media info
General
Complete name : E:\movie\Transformers.HD.DVD.Remux.1080p.H264.DD5.1.DTS.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 23.6 GiB
Duration : 2h 23mn
Overall bit rate : 23.6 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-12-05 16:03:09
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.0.2 ('You're My Flame') built on Aug 15 2007 20:05:20
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate : 19.5 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : Component
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Audio #1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : DD 5.1 384 kbps
Language : Russian

Audio #2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : DD 5.1 384 kbps
Language : Ukrainian

Audio #3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Title : DTS 5.1 768 kbps
Language : Russian

Audio #4
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Title : DTS 5.1 1536 kbps
Language : English

[chris57]

Its a high bitrate MKV file with HP@L4.1.

How are you streaming as you should be using http and moving from an MKV to m2ts file with these type of files. Are you on a wired network?

Changing the container to m2ts is very easy, it is literally 2 clicks or os. Use TSMuxerGUI, you can find it in the usefull apps sticky in FAQ?Tutorials section.

Then you are streaming via the quickets method (http) with a format that only requires hardware decoding (m2ts) as opposed to MKV which requires the PCH to do some software parsing before passing on to the hardware decoder.

[marendra]

(11-18-2008 01:10 PM)chris57 Wrote:  Its a high bitrate MKV file with HP@L4.1.

How are you streaming as you should be using http and moving from an MKV to m2ts file with these type of files. Are you on a wired network?

Changing the container to m2ts is very easy, it is literally 2 clicks or os. Use TSMuxerGUI, you can find it in the usefull apps sticky in FAQ?Tutorials section.

Then you are streaming via the quickets method (http) with a format that only requires hardware decoding (m2ts) as opposed to MKV which requires the PCH to do some software parsing before passing on to the hardware decoder.

thanks for quick response,
I just bought my PCH, im using USB hard drive, i will try to use txmuxergui.

thanks again

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just one quick question, if we want to upgrade firmware, should we upgrade from the older one then step by step to the new one? or we could just straight to the new one? (sorry for my bad english).

Thanks

[chris57]

You can go straight to the latest with the A110 as the first firmware was a stepstone failsafe one.

[marendra]

hi chris, i already remux it as you sadi, but worse, the movie now kinda lost the frame, its not smooth ,kinda skip some frame, can you help me to play this file smoothly ( usually,i used my macbook pro to play this file, and it ran smoothly), do i have to upgrade the firmware with from the september one?

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this is information rip from mediainfo

General
ID : 1
Complete name : E:\movie\Transformers.HD.DVD.Remux.1080p.H264.DD5.1.DTS.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : BluRay Video
File size : 23.3 GiB
Duration : 2h 23mn
Overall bit rate : 23.2 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate : 20.7 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : Component
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Duration : 2h 23mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Video delay : -66ms
Language : English

[chris57]

Do two things:-

First cut off a 75Mb sample from the original MKV via this guide, dead easy, even I can manage it:-
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...p?tid=7310
Get a sample that includes a problem part, you can specify a timestamp and cut from that point.

Upload the sample here:-
http://www6.zippyshare.com/

Second try a remux with the latest version of mkvtoolnix using mkvmerge from here:-
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtool...-setup.exe

If you don't have Windows then there are versions for other OS's.

You are definitely NOT trying to play this file via SMB/NFS or WiFi are you?

[marendra]

(11-18-2008 04:47 PM)chris57 Wrote:  Do two things:-

First cut off a 75Mb sample from the original MKV via this guide, dead easy, even I can manage it:-
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...p?tid=7310
Get a sample that includes a problem part, you can specify a timestamp and cut from that point.

Upload the sample here:-
http://www6.zippyshare.com/

Second try a remux with the latest version of mkvtoolnix using mkvmerge from here:-
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtool...-setup.exe

If you don't have Windows then there are versions for other OS's.

You are definitely NOT trying to play this file via SMB/NFS or WiFi are you?

nope, i played this file through my USB hard drive,anyway i will do as you said

[kenrippy]

have you "re-booted" your PCH lately? try the reset button on the front of the PCH. sometimes that helps get it working correctly again after it gets hiccups and buffer issues.

[brenboy78]

Is it possibly something to do with the frame rates?? From your Mediainfo output:

Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 fps

Just a guess

[marendra]

(11-18-2008 10:50 PM)kenrippy Wrote:  have you "re-booted" your PCH lately? try the reset button on the front of the PCH. sometimes that helps get it working correctly again after it gets hiccups and buffer issues.

hi, thanks for the response, every night i turned off my pch, is it the same with rebooting??
i have read that the firmware of september has fixed some hiccups of mkv,probably i will reset my firmware then upgrade to the september one then the latest one

[kenrippy]

(11-20-2008 01:10 AM)marendra Wrote:  hi, thanks for the response, every night i turned off my pch, is it the same with rebooting??
i have read that the firmware of september has fixed some hiccups of mkv,probably i will reset my firmware then upgrade to the september one then the latest one

i'm not sure if it's the same or not. if you're removing power, then it should be the same.

maybe the FW update will help you. good luck

[marendra]

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE,
the problem was in the hard drive, my USB hard drive rpm only 4200, now installing 7200 seagate internal hardrive to PCH, the movie was excellent now.

[hadyhosny]

i don't think this should be related to the rpm.... but rather to the transfer rate... correct?