Does not start a movie - i can see the length but it does definitly not start

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WD Elements Play with newest firmware

details to the file:

overview
 Name               : videostar-afo.1080p.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
Filesize                       : 7,73 GiB
length                            : 2h 4min
Bitrate                  : 8 885 Kbps
Coding-Date                 : UTC 2011-01-07 10:29:11
coding Programm             : mkvmerge v4.4.0 (‘Die Wiederkehr’) gebaut am Oct 31 2010 21:52:48
used encoding lib    : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format-Profil                    : High@L4.0
Format-settings for CABAC   : Ja
Format-settings for ReFrame : 4 frames
Format_Settings_GOP              : M=4, N=32
Muxing-Modus                     : Header stripping
Codec-ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Dauer                            : 2h 4min
Bitrate                          : 6 558 Kbps
Breite                           : 1 920 Pixel
Höhe                             : 800 Pixel
Bildseitenverhältnis             : 2,40:1
Bildwiederholungsrate            : 23,976 FPS
ColorSpace                       : YUV
ChromaSubsampling                : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits
Scantyp                          : progressiv
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.178
Stream-Größe                     : 5,71 GiB (74%)
verwendete Encoder-Bibliothek    : x264 core 112 r1834 a51816a
Kodierungseinstellungen          : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=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=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio #1
ID                               : 2
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Muxing-Modus                     : Header stripping
Codec-ID                         : A_DTS
Dauer                            : 2h 4min
Bitraten-Modus                   : konstant
Bitrate                          : 1 510 Kbps
Kanäle                           : 6 Kanäle
Kanal-Positionen                 : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Samplingrate                     : 48,0 KHz
BitDepth/String                  : 24 bits
Stream-Größe                     : 1,31 GiB (17%)
Sprache                          : Deutsch

Audio #2
ID                               : 3
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Format_Settings_ModeExtension    : CM (complete main)
Muxing-Modus                     : Header stripping
Codec-ID                         : A_AC3
Dauer                            : 2h 4min
Bitraten-Modus                   : konstant
Bitrate                          : 640 Kbps
Kanäle                           : 6 Kanäle
Kanal-Positionen                 : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Samplingrate                     : 48,0 KHz
BitDepth/String                  : 16 bits
Stream-Größe                     : 570 MiB (7%)
Sprache                          : Englisch

Text
ID                               : 4
Format                           : UTF-8
Codec-ID                         : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec-ID/Info                    : UTF-8 Plain Text
Titel                            : German forced
Sprache                          : Deutsch

i see the file in the menu… i can start the video…  i can see the different soundmodes and subtitlemodes…   and the length when i press play… but the video will not start…  don’t know why… any ideas?

greetz from Germany

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Format_Settings_GOP              : M=4, N=32
Muxing-Modus                     : Header stripping   <-----------    That’s the reason.
Codec-ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

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thx

but what does this mean and how i can fix it?

4

i think i fixed THIS, but now the whole player crashes when i start the mkv…  i used mkWDclean

:frowning:

Allgemein
Complete name                    : L:#Video\HDFilme(1020p)\Air.Force.One.1997.German.DL.1080p.BluRay.x264.iNTERNAL-VideoStar\clean.videostar-afo.1080p.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
File size                        : 7,74 GiB
Duration                         : 2h 4min
Overall bit rate                 : 8 889 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-01-07 10:29:11
Writing application              : mkclean 0.7.3 u from libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0 + mkvmerge v4.4.0 (‘Die Wiederkehr’) gebaut am Oct 31 2010 21:52:48
Writing library                  : libebml2 v0.20.1 + libmatroska2 v0.20.2

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC           : Ja
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=4, N=32
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 2h 4min
Bit rate                         : 6 562 Kbps
Width                            : 1 920 Pixel
Height                           : 800 Pixel
Display aspect ratio             : 2,40:1
Frame rate                       : 23,976 FPS
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : progressiv
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.178
Stream size                      : 5,71 GiB (74%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 112 r1834 a51816a
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=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=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio #1
ID                               : 2
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                         : A_DTS
Duration                         : 2h 4min
Bit rate mode                    : konstant
Bit rate                         : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 Kanäle
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48,0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 24 bits
Stream size                      : 1,31 GiB (17%)
Language                         : Deutsch

Audio #2
ID                               : 3
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : A_AC3
Duration                         : 2h 4min
Bit rate mode                    : konstant
Bit rate                         : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 Kanäle
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48,0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Stream size                      : 570 MiB (7%)
Language                         : Englisch

Text
ID                               : 4
Format                           : UTF-8
Codec ID                         : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                    : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title                            : German forced
Language                         : Deutsch

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fixed it with (mkvcleaver and) mkvtoolnix…

also converted DTS to an extra AC3-audio-stream :S

greetz