[Q] Certain .mkv file cannot play

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jasonjinct

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Jun 14, 2014
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Hi,

I download MX player on my Toshiba L4300VM Android TV and stream the movie using MX player from my computer through ES file manager networking feature. Working great so far, but there is one .mkv file I not able to play (but I able to play from my computer), and it cause my TV restart everytime I click on it.
I use mediainfo to compare the 2 working videos and the not-working one, any idea why?

Working 1
Code:
eneral
Unique ID                                : 250375802617960639956888574500127379416 (0xBC5CA024C73CA1DF8C5478A1FF600FD8)
Complete name                            : E67.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                                : 1.35 GiB
Duration                                 : 1h 33mn
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 2 079 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-04-14 02:28:16
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v6.2.0 ('Promised Land') built on Apr 28 2013 12:22:01
Writing library                          : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 33mn
Bit rate                                 : 2 000 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.072
Stream size                              : 1.27 GiB (94%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 133 r2334 a3ac64b
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / 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=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=1 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=30 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Mode                                     : Joint stereo
Mode extension                           : MS Stereo
Codec ID                                 : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3
Duration                                 : 1h 33mn
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 84.9 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                         : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 56.6 MiB (4%)
Writing library                          : LAME3.99r
Encoding settings                        : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 15.1 --abr 96
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Working 2
Code:
General
Unique ID                                : 182305178607421822999818513483821820902 (0x8926B343904C4CE2A6BDEE76B10D2BE6)
Complete name                            : E68.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                                : 1.49 GiB
Duration                                 : 1h 40mn
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 2 114 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-05-05 07:18:27
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v6.2.0 ('Promised Land') built on Apr 28 2013 12:22:01
Writing library                          : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 40mn
Bit rate                                 : 2 000 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.072
Stream size                              : 1.38 GiB (93%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 133 r2334 a3ac64b
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / 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=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=1 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=30 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Mode                                     : Joint stereo
Codec ID                                 : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3
Duration                                 : 1h 40mn
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 107 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 77.3 MiB (5%)
Writing library                          : LAME3.99r
Encoding settings                        : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Not-Working
Code:
General
Unique ID                                : 215529196125585809667171390854521683092 (0xA22569CC1D6FB5878729D9A9D3AFFC94)
Complete name                            : E73.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                                : 868 MiB
Duration                                 : 1h 38mn
Overall bit rate                         : 1 234 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-06-08 17:08:44
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v6.8.0 ('Theme for Great Cities') 64bit built on Mar  2 2014 21:34:26
Writing library                          : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : RealVideo 4
Codec ID                                 : V_REAL/RV40
Codec ID/Info                            : RealVideo 4.0 aka RealVideo 9
Bit rate                                 : 1 017 Kbps
Width                                    : 624 pixels
Height                                   : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Original frame rate                      : 29.970 fps
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Mode                                     : Joint stereo
Mode extension                           : MS Stereo
Codec ID                                 : A_MPEG/L3
Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3
Duration                                 : 1h 38mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : 10ms
Stream size                              : 135 MiB (16%)
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
 

CDB-Man

Senior Member
May 29, 2013
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Code:
Format                                   : RealVideo 4
Codec ID                                 : V_REAL/RV40
Codec ID/Info                            : RealVideo 4.0 aka RealVideo 9

That's the problem. Yes it's an mkv container, but the video is encoded in RealVideo format. Since RV is proprietary, I doubt your device supports hardware playback. Since it's proprietary, I don't think ffmpeg supports it. MX Player is based on ffmpeg, so whatever ffmpeg plays, MX Player can play.

Try playing it on software mode. If that doesn't work, then you'll probably have to reencode the video.