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I used MakeMKV to wrap some DVD9s I have to avoid the VOB-splits situation. This works well and the MKV contains all the audio and whatnot. While all this plays just fine in the VOB it doesnt in the MKV.

This is the file info:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>cd K:\Movies\English\James Bond\Ultimate Collect
ion DVD9

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>cd k:
K:\Movies\English\James Bond\Ultimate Collection DVD9

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>k:

01.mkv
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disable-ffp
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=x86 --e
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i
686-mingw32-
libavutil 50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavformat 52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1.72. 0 / 1.72. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
01: No such file or directory

The file contains the following:

Video: Codec MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv)
Resolution: 720x576
Refreshrate: 25

Audio

Stream 1
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52)
Chanels: 3F2R/LFE
48000 Hz
Bitrate: 448 kb/s

Stream 1
Codec: DTS Audio (dts)
3/2+1
Chanels: 6
48000 Hz

would it be possible to play the file like this or is there a better converter for DVDs around that keeps all audio streams?



Also I have troubles playing a bunch of MKVs with the following encoding:

FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jan 10 2011 21:46:22 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-shared --disable-ffp
lay --disable-ffserver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --arch=x86 --e
nable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-w32threads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i
686-mingw32-
libavutil 50.36. 0 / 50.36. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.108. 0 / 52.108. 0
libavformat 52.92. 0 / 52.92. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 3 / 52. 2. 3
libavfilter 1.72. 0 / 1.72. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
[mpeg4 @ 018d6ec0] Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
[matroska,webm @ 017eced0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccur
ate
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '1.mkv':
Duration: 00:47:43.48, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 352x288 [PAR 12:11 DAR 4:3], PAR 16:11 D
AR 16:9, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0.1(ger): Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 128 kb/s
At least one output file must be specified

Those files contain:
XVID or DX50 encoded video and MPEG Audio Layer (128 kb/s) audio.


Thanks for any help & pointers!

Not sure Samsung (and Sony too) support Mpeg2 video wrapped into MKV container (M2TS, TS, ok)...to be confirm.
For Sony device neither Divx (Xvid), MPEG2, only AVC into MKV container

further info: the MKVs with XVID/DIVX video encoding play fine when i rewrap them into an avi (no re-encoding done). so this issue can be solved but of course a way to play them as MKV would be preferred.

further info on the wrapped DVD MKVs: might it be possible that the DTS audio stream is to blame? It seems not to cause any trouble when played from the VOBs but I think i read in the forums that DTS audio is causing problems for the MKV container.

Compatibility table for Samsung C-series TV:
http://i.piccy.info/i5/50/79/1377950/tetetet.gif
so yes, samsung TVs don't support MPEG2 wrapped in MKV neither DTS wrapped in mkv.

Hi,

do you have this list for the D-series? Just in case they differ. So the solution would be to change the DVD to a TS-File right?

PJusa
PS (.mpg, .vob) or TS (.ts) container.
I didn't saw anywhere a compatibility table specially for D-series, I think its no different from C-series table at all.

thanks for the info. maybe samsung can help - will try to save my dvds as TS and see how that goes.