WDTV Play - Not recognizing MKV

Let me start by saying I’m very new to all this and I have a feeling that I might even be posting this in the worng forum. Sorry if thats the case.

I just purchased a WDTV PLAY and have it hooked up to my TV and it works as it should.  I recently ripped some DVD’s to my WD Hard Drive using the MakeMKV software.  When I go to play the movie it says that the file is not supported by the WDTV.

I can see the movie title and file / just cant get it to play.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as my 21 month old son is past ready to watch Disney’s Planes

The WDTV Play does not support MPEG-2 (DVD Format)  … all other WDTV’s do  [see picture below]

MakeMKV is a “transcoder” all it does is change the Format (Container) not the codec inside.

(To change the ‘codec’ you will need to use an ‘encoder’ eg. Handbrake)

eg. here is a “MediaInfo” output log file of a DVD clip ripped to MKV by MakeMKV (notice the video info … it’s MPEG-2)

General
Unique ID                                : 187747372810015600430414906519750437354 (0x8D3ED4277C025B6DA71386B27CAFE9EA)
Complete name                            : K:\Sample.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                                : 18.0 MiB
Duration                                 : 48s 48ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 150 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-04-24 04:49:35
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v6.5.0 (‘Isn’t she lovely’) built on Oct 20 2013 12:50:05
Writing library                          : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP                    : No
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info                            : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration                                 : 48s 48ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 895 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 7 500 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.280
Time code of first frame                 : 02:07:51;08
Time code source                         : Group of pictures header
Stream size                              : 16.6 MiB (92%)
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
Duration                                 : 48s 48ms
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
Delay relative to video                  : -67ms
Stream size                              : 1.10 MiB (6%)
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

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