.mkv Won't play (mediainfo posted)

So I know this has probably been posted before and other have pointed out re encoding is the fix. My question is how do I re-encode without it taking hours, and being reformatted at the same time?

I tried using MedaCoder and it reformatted which is not what I wanted, and it dropped the size down nearly 10GB. I also tried CoolSoft Level editor, but that literally didn’t do anything. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Here’s the media info:

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 16.4 GiB
Duration : 2h 22mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 16.5 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-12-23 10:59:40
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.1.0 (‘And so it goes’) built on Nov 28 2011 23:58:28
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High 10@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 22mn
Nominal bit rate : 8 237 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 818 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.219
Title : Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones HIGH10
Writing library : x264 core 119 r2106+636 fcb18f7
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-5:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / fade_compensate=0.90 / psy_rd=1.15:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=64 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=9 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=4 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=125 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8237 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.80 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=3:1.00
Language : German
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy
Title : DTSMA 5.1 Lossless Core @ 1510 kbps
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy
Title : DTSMA 6.1 Core @ 1510 kbps
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 4
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Title : German Forced
Language : German
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes

Text #2
ID : 5
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Title : German
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #3
ID : 6
Format : VobSub
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Title : English
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Opening Logos
00:00:23.440 : en:Attack of the Clones
00:01:50.527 : en:Return to Coruscant
00:04:22.095 : en:Chancellors Meeting
00:07:00.003 : en:Old Friends
00:10:28.962 : en:Assassins
00:14:19.901 : en:Speed Chase
00:21:35.294 : en:Into the Club
00:24:48.237 : en:New Assignments
00:29:45.867 : en:Traveling Incognito
00:31:33.475 : en:Dex’s Diner
00:33:48.526 : en:Jedi Archives
00:34:50.505 : en:“Encouraged to Love”
00:36:05.121 : en:Yoda and the Younglins
00:38:25.929 : en:Return to Naboo
00:39:25.363 : en:Audience with the Queen
00:40:56.371 : en:Kamino Arrival
00:42:12.780 : en:Meeting Lama Su
00:44:02.014 : en:Stolen Kiss
00:45:50.414 : en:Inspeting the Clones
00:47:50.076 : en:Teasing a Senator
00:50:21.018 : en:Jango’s Apartment
00:53:01.428 : en:Forbidden Love
00:56:44.818 : en:Obi-Wan’s Report
00:58:56.700 : en:Nightmare
01:00:46.059 : en:Obi-Wan vs. Jango
01:03:41.192 : en:Back to Tatoonie
01:06:24.355 : en:Asteroid Chase
01:11:18.774 : en:Lar’s Homestead
01:14:01.354 : en:Anakin’s Search
01:15:23.477 : en:Dook’s Separatist Plot
01:17:48.873 : en:Tusken Camp
01:21:40.354 : en:Out of Range
01:23:46.897 : en:“You’re Not All-Powerful”
01:28:10.160 : en:Enemies Revealed
01:30:52.906 : en:Obi-Wan Captive
01:33:38.488 : en:Emergency Powers
01:35:27.847 : en:Droid Factory
01:42:44.867 : en:Love Pledge
01:45:14.016 : en:The Arena
01:49:53.629 : en:“This Party Is Over”
01:56:22.475 : en:Yoda’s Cavalry
01:57:47.602 : en:Clone War
02:00:29.180 : en:War Room
02:04:48.981 : en:Duel with Dooku
02:07:41.946 : en:Master Yoda
02:11:23.667 : en:“Well Done Lord Tyranus”
02:12:54.884 : en:“Begun, the Clone Wars Has”
02:14:49.248 : en:Secret Union
02:15:54.938 : en:End Credits

The problem is 

Format profile: High 10

You will have to re-encode it as 10 bit is not supported.

And doing that will take some time.

And while I understand that answer, how can I reformat/reencode as needed without compressing the blasted file to **bleep**? I just ran it through Handbrake with all the defaults and it went from 16 gb to 2. So while, yes that worked, it’s not exactly the ideal solution I was looking or hoping for. If using a program like handbrake is pretty much my only option how can I use it without compressing it so badly and keep the file as is? Here’s the new and improved file (I haven’t tried it yet, but yes it’s now at main@L4.0, but the audio info is completely missing)

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.84 GiB
Duration : 2h 22mn
Overall bit rate : 2 857 Kbps
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.9
Writing library : libmkv 0.6.5

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate : 2 800 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
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) : 0.075
Stream size : 2.79 GiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=4 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

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00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
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00:10:29.003 : Chapter 6
00:14:19.901 : Chapter 7
00:21:35.294 : Chapter 8
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00:29:45.909 : Chapter 10
00:31:33.600 : Chapter 11
00:33:48.568 : Chapter 12
00:34:50.505 : Chapter 13
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00:45:50.498 : Chapter 20
00:47:50.201 : Chapter 21
00:50:21.060 : Chapter 22
00:53:01.428 : Chapter 23
00:56:44.860 : Chapter 24
00:58:56.783 : Chapter 25
01:00:46.101 : Chapter 26
01:03:41.234 : Chapter 27
01:06:24.481 : Chapter 28
01:11:18.858 : Chapter 29
01:14:01.354 : Chapter 30
01:15:23.477 : Chapter 31
01:17:48.956 : Chapter 32
01:21:40.479 : Chapter 33
01:23:46.980 : Chapter 34
01:28:10.160 : Chapter 35
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