Which files are not playable?

Hi,

I have a large library of mkv video files. For some reason my WDTV Live does not play a lot of them. I have run mediainfo on all, but I cannot figure out from the mediainfo output the playable ones.

Here is an example:

General
Complete name : X1.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 15.3 GiB
Duration : 2h 58mn
Overall bit rate : 12.3 Mbps
Writing application : x264.exe
Writing library : mkv2rls v1.3 (date: 2010 aug 28)

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=16
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 58mn
Bit rate : 10.8 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.217
Stream size : 13.1 GiB (86%)
Writing library : x264 core 107 r1745 4785e8e
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / 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=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / 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=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=10782 / 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

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 58mn
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 : 1.88 GiB (12%)
Title : English DTS
Language : EnglishText #1ID                               : 3Format                           : UTF-8Codec ID                         : S_TEXT/UTF8Codec ID/Info                    : UTF-8 Plain TextTitle                            : English ForcedLanguage                         : EnglishText #2ID                               : 4Format                           : UTF-8Codec ID                         : S_TEXT/UTF8Codec ID/Info                    : UTF-8 Plain TextTitle                            : EnglishLanguage                         : EnglishMenu00:00:00.000                     : en:00:00:00.00000:05:25.575                     : en:00:05:25.57500:10:12.278                     : en:00:10:12.27800:10:24.457                     : en:00:10:24.45700:10:37.303                     : en:00:10:37.30300:11:47.916                     : en:00:11:47.91600:15:59.208                     : en:00:15:59.20800:17:54.782                     : en:00:17:54.78200:23:54.892                     : en:00:23:54.89200:27:54.548                     : en:00:27:54.54800:28:02.556                     : en:00:28:02.55600:28:45.223                     : en:00:28:45.22300:30:14.021                     : en:00:30:14.02100:30:27.617                     : en:00:30:27.61700:32:04.464                     : en:00:32:04.46400:32:27.904                     : en:00:32:27.90400:37:16.526                     : en:00:37:16.52600:39:08.054                     : en:00:39:08.05400:41:18.476                     : en:00:41:18.47600:47:43.319                     : en:00:47:43.31900:48:09.178                     : en:00:48:09.17800:49:16.912                     : en:00:49:16.91200:53:05.015                     : en:00:53:05.01500:54:22.009                     : en:00:54:22.00900:55:42.214                     : en:00:55:42.21400:57:44.044                     : en:00:57:44.04400:58:32.050                     : en:00:58:32.05001:01:09.416                     : en:01:01:09.41601:03:09.619                     : en:01:03:09.61901:03:57.208                     : en:01:03:57.20801:07:03.227                     : en:01:07:03.22701:09:40.635                     : en:01:09:40.63501:11:50.222                     : en:01:11:50.22201:15:18.889                     : en:01:15:18.88901:15:53.799                     : en:01:15:53.79901:17:32.231                     : en:01:17:32.23101:18:07.891                     : en:01:18:07.89101:22:38.120                     : en:01:22:38.12001:25:59.488                     : en:01:25:59.48801:26:12.709                     : en:01:26:12.70901:27:42.299                     : en:01:27:42.29901:27:54.436                     : en:01:27:54.43601:33:00.408                     : en:01:33:00.40801:36:03.424                     : en:01:36:03.42401:37:36.642                     : en:01:37:36.64201:37:36.893                     : en:01:37:36.89301:44:15.291                     : en:01:44:15.29101:46:49.236                     : en:01:46:49.23601:48:14.029                     : en:01:48:14.02901:48:58.198                     : en:01:48:58.19801:50:02.596                     : en:01:50:02.59601:51:53.582                     : en:01:51:53.58201:58:30.895                     : en:01:58:30.89502:02:13.284                     : en:02:02:13.28402:07:51.664                     : en:02:07:51.66402:09:30.554                     : en:02:09:30.55402:12:36.615                     : en:02:12:36.61502:16:03.363                     : en:02:16:03.36302:19:31.655                     : en:02:19:31.65502:23:59.631                     : en:02:23:59.63102:30:05.079                     : en:02:30:05.07902:32:13.291                     : en:02:32:13.29102:32:59.212                     : en:02:32:59.21202:33:56.852                     : en:02:33:56.85202:34:52.908                     : en:02:34:52.90802:40:02.259                     : en:02:40:02.25902:40:45.886                     : en:02:40:45.88602:41:03.987                     : en:02:41:03.98702:45:33.215                     : en:02:45:33.21502:46:30.814                     : en:02:46:30.81402:46:48.498                     : en:02:46:48.49802:48:56.793                     : en:02:48:56.79302:49:11.725                     : en:02:49:11.72502:51:32.073                     : en:02:51:32.073

This file is reported as incompatible by WDTV Live.

Can you help me figure out why?

Regards,

Costa

Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this. You can do so either by phone or email.

To Contact WD for Technical Support
http://support.wdc.com/contact/index.asp?lang=en

Regards,