Freezing Video

[chiro]

I am running W7 x64 with the win 7 codecs installed and everything plays fine. My Only issue is when i play MKV files they always freeze part way. I must then force a restart on my pc. All other file types play just fine. Anyone come across this issue? Please help!

[Shark007]

In the 32bit settings app, H264 tab, choose the Divx codec

In the x64 settings app, H264 TAB, choose FFDshow on the righthand side.

[chiro]

(01-09-2010 09:12 AM)Shark007 Wrote:  In the 32bit settings app, H264 tab, choose the Divx codec

In the x64 settings app, H264 TAB, choose FFDshow on the righthand side.

Holy Crap that was a fast response!!! And it fixed the problem!!


Thanks a bunch

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Hrrrrmmm

I guess I spoke too soon. It helps but still freezes. It just takes a little while longer into the movie. Any other suggestions?

[Shark007]

My next move would be to disable the Microsoft Audio decoder on the SWAP TAB

If the MKV contains MP3 audio, selecting FFDshow for MP2/3 will help too.
On the Misc TAB is a tool to analyze a file and know its contents/structure, try it.

[chiro]

(01-09-2010 05:36 PM)Shark007 Wrote:  My next move would be to disable the Microsoft Audio decoder on the SWAP TAB

If the MKV contains MP3 audio, selecting FFDshow for MP2/3 will help too.
On the Misc TAB is a tool to analyze a file and know its contents/structure, try it.

I've tried all your suggestions but it still freezes. I dont think its the mp3 audio because all mkv files have this issue. I have no idea how to fix this problem. Once it freezes, MCE + PC is completely stuck all I can do is hit the power button. If you have any other ideas let me know.

[chiro]

Anyone??

[Xanashi]

Hi Chiro,

Could you provide us with your systems specs?

Is this just some usual H264 MKV's or are they encoded using any special formats?

- X

[chiro]

(01-22-2010 04:21 AM)Xanashi Wrote:  Hi Chiro,

Could you provide us with your systems specs?

Is this just some usual H264 MKV's or are they encoded using any special formats?

- X

My system is Windows 7 OS 64x
Intel Pentium dual cpu 2.40 GHz
4.00 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce G100

I analyzed one of the files that always freezes and these are the results.

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 32mn
Bit rate : 13.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.262
Stream size : 13.8 GiB (88%)
Title : x264 - crf encode
Writing library : x264 core 65 r1028M 83baa7f
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.1:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=crf / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=38000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 32mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.61 GiB (10%)
Title : DTS - 1536 kbit/sec
Language : English



thats the av info from sharks analyzer.....i hope this helps



thanks

[ThoMal]

I do have freezes too since I updated to 2.3.2: it happened when I tried to play some avi, a regular DVD and a wmv-file.

My system:
Windows 7 64bit
Asus P5ke Wifi AP
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS, latest driver
4GB RAM

I had no trouble at all before the installation. Since the system needs a restart to be unfrozen, the problem is far too annoying to keep this version installed; I hope, a de-installation will solve the problem.

[Shark007]

just to test something for me, using version 232, even though you may not have coreavc, on the H264 TAB, select coreavc and then select the box below that for ffdshow postprocessing. Doing this will revert ffdshow to an ealier version (3156).
I am curious if the current version is causing all these problems.