Hi, strange problem. Movie (media-info below) plays fine for 15 minutes and then audio drops out.
I’m playing back via USB 2TB HDD. The box is set to output stereo via HDMI, so the multi-channel AAC audio should be automatically down-mixed (or so I believe).
After the drop out, if I try to playback any other file, I get an unsupported file type error until I power down the box.
This is the second time i’ve had an issue with a movie that is encoded with AAC-LC. Any ideas for a solution/workaround? Also why would it play OK for 15 minutes? Dodgy encoding maybe?
If I get no joy, is it possible to re-encode the audio stream only within the MKV container to say MP3?
Cheers
Dave
Media-info…
General
Unique ID : 149980000071244043685850091855502700590 (0x70D518E9F0A2C849AA182AF6F924F02E)
Complete name : HDTV.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.64 GiB
Duration : 1h 27mn
Overall bit rate : 2 700 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-12-26 21:41:33
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.5.0 (‘Speed of Light’) built on Jan 31 2011 15:58:00
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 : 1h 27mn
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2120 0c7dab9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / 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=5 / 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=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 1h 27mn
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Default : Yes
Forced : No
