Hello everyone!
I just got a WD TV Live from someone and it is a really nice player. So far I have not had issues with any files on my 2 TB USB drive (although I have not tried many), but one I got recently is giving me major problems. Here is the MediaInfo report for the file:
General
Complete name : 10-Bit_Movie.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 764 MiB
Duration : 14mn 51s
Overall bit rate : 7 195 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-01-19 13:19:38
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.9.1 ('Ich will') built on Jul 11 2011 23:53:15
Writing library : libebml v1.2.1 + libmatroska v1.1.1
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes
Video #1
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High 10@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 14mn 51s
Bit rate : 6 859 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.138
Stream size : 729 MiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : Dolby Digital
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 14mn 51s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 20.4 MiB (3%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text #3
ID : 3
Format : **bleep**
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ **bleep**
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text #4
ID : 4
Format : **bleep**
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ **bleep**
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #5
ID : 5
Format : **bleep**
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ **bleep**
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : Spanish
Default : No
Forced : No
After a lot of Googling I was able to find out that the problem may be due to the file being 10-bit, but the WD TV Live only supports up to 8-bit? Then I Googled some more and found out I could convert the file, so I downloaded the latest 64bit 8bit-depth x264.exe from http://x264.nl. But even after converting for many hours, I was sad to see that the new file is also not supported by the player for some reason, although it is now 8-bit?
This is a short animation clip and I also want to resize to 1280x720 if possible, with best quality for result (my CPU is not great but time is not a problem). So can someone please help me and tell me the best x264.exe command-line options to convert the file from 10-bit 1920x1080 to 8-bit 1280x720 with highest quality and which will guaranteed play on my WD TV LIve? (Please help me only with x264.exe and not any other program, because I will use same batch file in future also.)
Also, I am using 1.06.15 firmware version which I updated yesterday. Is this the best version? Is there no new version after August 2011?
Thank you for the help in advance!