I have an mkv file (x.264) with DTS that won’t play. WD suggests changing the format of the file to one that is compatible, but it is one the list of compatible video and audio formats. It even plays the sample of the movie which is in the exact same format and 25+ other Blu-Rays in the exact same format. The movie plays fine on VLC through my computer.
Fugger - you’re a genius. This tiny piece of advice solved an ongoing issue I had with some older, downloaded .MKV rips not playing. Went to blue loading ring, then black screen, then nothing. After playing one of these files I couldn’t play anything else until a full power cycle. Seems to be related to versions of MKVMerge < Jan/2008.
I’d tried -everything- else I could think of - all official firmwares, all homebrew firmwares, playing from USB, playing from network share, playing from DLNA server. Nothing worked.
A simple re-mux with a recent version of MKVMerge solved the problem instantly.