Mkv file choppy

Trying to play a mkv file, after a few minutes into the movie, it started being choppy. Only way to stop it was to stop the movie and then resume, but after a minute it started again.

Any ideas on what the problem is? The mkv file itself or the player? I’ve not had problems with other files so far.

Download & Install ‘MediaInfo’ and Post the Details of the Mkv Video File.

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Like this? :

General
Unique ID                        : 242909535244138020218847252188676077421 (0xB6BEACBDC0895A3AA37DBA2606DDB76D)
Complete name                    : W:\Video\Film\Star Trek First Contact -1080p.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
Format version                   : Version 2
File size                        : 7.94 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 50mn
Overall bit rate                 : 10.3 Mbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-03-26 07:40:45
Writing application              : mkvmerge v3.2.0 (‘Beginnings’) built on Feb 12 2010 16:46:17
Writing library                  : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 5 frames
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 1h 50mn
Bit rate                         : 9 629 Kbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 824 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 2.35:1
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.254
Stream size                      : 7.29 GiB (92%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 75 r1251 e553a4c
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=9629 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                         : English
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : No

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : A_AC3
Duration                         : 1h 50mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 507 MiB (6%)
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : No

Text
ID                               : 3
Format                           : UTF-8
Codec ID                         : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                    : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language                         : Danish
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : No

Menu
00:00:00.000                     : en:00:00:00.000
00:03:01.014                     : en:00:03:01.014
00:07:55.558                     : en:00:07:55.558
00:10:40.640                     : en:00:10:40.640
00:14:07.096                     : en:00:14:07.096
00:17:57.743                     : en:00:17:57.743
00:22:16.126                     : en:00:22:16.126
00:25:49.631                     : en:00:25:49.631
00:28:50.354                     : en:00:28:50.354
00:31:07.991                     : en:00:31:07.991
00:35:14.195                     : en:00:35:14.195
00:38:00.403                     : en:00:38:00.403
00:42:47.982                     : en:00:42:47.982
00:48:16.143                     : en:00:48:16.143
00:52:16.133                     : en:00:52:16.133
00:57:56.973                     : en:00:57:56.973
01:03:13.873                     : en:01:03:13.873
01:07:50.525                     : en:01:07:50.525
01:11:56.145                     : en:01:11:56.145
01:17:22.388                     : en:01:17:22.388
01:21:40.478                     : en:01:21:40.478
01:25:49.631                     : en:01:25:49.631
01:28:50.354                     : en:01:28:50.354
01:31:07.991                     : en:01:31:07.991
01:35:14.195                     : en:01:35:14.195
01:38:00.403                     : en:01:38:00.403
01:44:20.128                     : en:01:44:20.128
01:50:44.304                     : en:End Credits

Looks ok,

Personally, if have ‘dodgy’ MKV’s … i demux and then remux them.

90% of the time, this can fix any anomalies.

I use MkvExtract and MkvMerge …

Are you playing these over a wired or wireless connection? My MKVs play fine over wired, but only the standard def MKVs play over wireless. Blu-Ray MKV rips have just too much data to stream wirelessly.

No the files are on the hub itself!

http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Streaming-Issue/MKVs-stuttering-due-to-network-exhaustion/idi-p/312872

Might be the issue above.

How can it be a streaming issue when the files are on the hub itself?

I didn’t know that at the time…  Given the timestamp, you replied at the same time I did…

No problem…

Just had the same issue with another file :frowning:

Have you Tried the “Match Framerate” Option that Appears when you select  “Auto”  Resolution in the “Setup”

“Appearance” Menu. ?  Just a Guess, Worth a try ?

Thanks, that did it for one of the two files, the other one didn’t work still.

This one:

General
Unique ID                        : 224235653900517329532292602176476750747 (0xA8B2374EB35AA251B0CED97D11D7239B)
Complete name                    : W:\Video\Film\Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - 1080p.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
Format version                   : Version 2
File size                        : 10.9 GiB
Duration                         : 2h 10mn
Overall bit rate                 : 12.0 Mbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-10-26 11:10:23
Writing application              : mkvmerge v4.8.0 (‘I Got The…’) built on May 24 2011 03:12:58
Writing library                  : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 5 frames
Muxing mode                      : Header stripping
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 2h 10mn
Bit rate                         : 10.5 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 800 pixels
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                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.285
Stream size                      : 9.34 GiB (85%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 119 r2106 07efeb4
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / 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=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=10491 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                         : English
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : No

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Muxing mode                      : Header stripping
Codec ID                         : A_DTS
Duration                         : 2h 10mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 24 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 1.38 GiB (13%)
Language                         : English
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : No

Anything wrong here?

Thanks