X264 .mkv playback issues

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pwapwap

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#28000 13-Nov-2008 20:45

Hi all,
I have been given some video files that are X264 with the extention .mkv (which I understand is basically a shell extention)
However when I play them they either stop or skip back to the start at random points. These points are stable i.e. it always does it at the same point in the file and to be able to watch it I have to skip to just past the error point.
I am running MCE 2005 using the CCC pack. Hardware - dual core 3.0, 3 gig ram, 8500 graphics card, dual tuners etc.
any advice?

Nety

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#177874 13-Nov-2008 21:19

Sounds like the files are broken at those points. By skipping past you are missing the data corruption. No way to fix really other then getting them again.

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pwapwap

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#177882 13-Nov-2008 21:51

wierd - only corrupted on the x264 files I got from my mate not the others...?

charley

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#177916 14-Nov-2008 08:33

Try playing the file(s) with GOM Media Player or Media Player Classic. Both players are free.

http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm

old3eyes

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#177971 14-Nov-2008 13:10

have you tried downloading the MKV pack from here.

http://www.cccp-project.net/

Regards,

Old3eyes