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CheesieOnion · (This post was last modified: 02-19-2012 04:55 AM by CheesieOnion.)

I have a problem with the Shark 007 Codec, I'm using it to playbak video on my XBOX trough Windows Media Center, it plays every file well except for the BlueRay rip of The Walking Dead Season 1. If I play this the screen lags after 4 seconds and only the audio keeps playing, the video is hanging on one frame. It plays well on Windows Media Center on my PC.

I used the Analyze a media file-function in the x64 settings application and I got this:

General
Unique ID : 179637669181098129998900569397132242048 (0x8724F4E526E2E47B9B4EE36F0C1FAC80)
Complete name : C:\Series\The Walking Dead\Season 1\The Walking Dead - S01E01 - Days Gone Bye.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.65 GiB
Duration : 1h 7mn
Overall bit rate : 5 651 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-02-24 23:41:08
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.5.0 ('Speed of Light') built on Feb 1 2011 02:10:32
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
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 7mn
Bit rate : 5 011 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 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) : 0.227
Stream size : 2.29 GiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 114 r1913 5fd3dce
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / 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=6 / 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=5011 / 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 : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 7mn
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 : 307 MiB (11%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

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

I also analyzed a BlueRay rip from Breaking Bad Season 1 that plays well:

General
Unique ID : 224153341644944086523307085295444746925 (0xA8A25CFFF938F002AAAA636D51C6E2AD)
Complete name : C:\Series\Breaking Bad\Season 1\Breaking Bad - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.65 GiB
Duration : 58mn 6s
Overall bit rate : 6 517 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-03-09 19:46:53
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.1.0 ('Happy up here') built on Jan 19 2010 12:09:24
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 58mn 6s
Bit rate : 5 012 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 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) : 0.227
Stream size : 1.98 GiB (75%)
Writing library : x264 core 88 r1471 1144615
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 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5012 / 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 : No
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 58mn 6s
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 : 627 MiB (23%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : French
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:01
00:04:07.080 : en:02
00:16:07.216 : en:03
00:31:41.149 : en:04
00:48:30.658 : en:05
00:57:12.262 : en:06

I use the default Shark007 settings.

Shark007 · 02-19-2012, 07:39 AM

The only suggestion I have for xbox playback is to enable the DivX MF splitter on the MKV TAB.

CheesieOnion · 02-19-2012, 09:19 AM

(02-19-2012 07:39 AM)Shark007 Wrote: The only suggestion I have for xbox playback is to enable the DivX MF splitter on the MKV TAB.

Doesn't work.

Shark007 · 02-19-2012, 09:22 AM

I do not own an xbox for testing, therefore have no other ideas.
It is well known that mkv's with subtiles or dts audio are problematic on the xbox but you seem to state that this works OK for you.
I would be afraid to suggest anything to you since you already have something working on the xbox that no one else does.

CheesieOnion · 02-19-2012, 09:36 AM

(02-19-2012 09:22 AM)Shark007 Wrote: I do not own an xbox for testing, therefore have no other ideas.
It is well known that mkv's with subtiles or dts audio are problematic on the xbox but you seem to state that this works OK for you.
I would be afraid to suggest anything to you since you already have something working on the xbox that no one else does.

The second file works, but it doesn't show any subtitles it just ignores them. But that's not a problem.

Shark007 · 02-19-2012, 09:40 AM

On the Config TAB of the 64bit app, try enabling AC3Filter (just a guess)
Next thing to try, use this special edition of MetaFox to remove the subtitles.
After extracting the contained files from the download, drag n drop your files (any file, vob, mkv etc) onto Metafox.exe
it will write a new mkv without subtitles using the original audio/video streams

CheesieOnion · 02-19-2012, 09:51 AM

(02-19-2012 09:40 AM)Shark007 Wrote: On the Config TAB of the 64bit app, try enabling AC3Filter (just a guess)
Next thing to try, use this special edition of MetaFox to remove the subtitles.
After extracting the contained files from the download, drag n drop your files (any file, vob, mkv etc) onto Metafox.exe
it will write a new mkv without subtitles using the original audio/video streams

Enabling the AC3Filter works, but it decreases the quality a lot.

Shark007 · 02-19-2012, 09:56 AM

(02-19-2012 09:22 AM)Shark007 Wrote: I do not own an xbox for testing, therefore have no other ideas.

My next thought would be to remove the subtitles and disable AC3Filter once again.
If you do find a solution that works, please return and post your findings.

CheesieOnion · 02-19-2012, 10:04 AM

(02-19-2012 09:56 AM)Shark007 Wrote:
(02-19-2012 09:22 AM)Shark007 Wrote: I do not own an xbox for testing, therefore have no other ideas.

My next thought would be to remove the subtitles and disable AC3Filter once again.
If you do find a solution that works, please return and post your findings.

Removing the subtitles and disabling the AC3Filter again worked, thanks for the help.