Note 3: I loaded both movies with MPC-HC and extracted their media info. To me, they look identical (again, bitrates will vary). But perhaps the eyes of forum members here can detect something that I’m missing. Again, to ensure clarity, the WDTV is detecting Law Abiding Citizen properly, but detects Lorax as an audio file. None of my other media players have this issue, and it’s only like that on the WDTV when Media Library is enabled.
Law Abiding Citizen:
General
Complete name : \WDTVLIVE\Network_Share_Drive\Movies\Movies L\Law Abiding Citizen (2009).mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 4.65 GiB
Duration : 1h 58mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 636 Kbps
Movie name : Law Abiding Citizen: Extended Director’s Cut
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 08:21:59
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 13:46:30
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.9 2013052900
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 58mn
Bit rate : 5 341 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.256 fps
Maximum frame rate : 1 000.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.145
Stream size : 4.41 GiB (95%)
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / 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=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 08:21:59
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 13:46:30
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 58mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 288 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 426 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 245 MiB (5%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 08:21:59
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 13:46:29
Menu
ID : 3
Codec ID : text
Duration : 1h 58mn
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 08:21:59
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 13:46:30
Bit rate mode : VBR
The Lorax:
General
Complete name : \WDTVLIVE\Network_Share_Drive\Movies\Movies L\The Lorax (2012).mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 3.05 GiB
Duration : 1h 26mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 059 Kbps
Movie name : Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 17:57:15
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 22:10:00
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.9 2013052900
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 26mn
Bit rate : 4 715 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 040 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.256 fps
Maximum frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.098
Stream size : 2.84 GiB (93%)
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / 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=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 17:57:15
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 22:10:00
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 26mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 339 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 465 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 209 MiB (7%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 17:57:15
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 22:09:59
Menu
ID : 3
Codec ID : text
Duration : 1h 26mn
Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-05 17:57:15
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-05 22:10:00
Bit rate mode : VBR