MKV with samsung C8000 Series...

**theother1wstolen** · 03-22-2011, 12:28 PM

I have looked high and low for an answer for this but have not found anything concrete that has worked. I have a handful of mkv files that won't play almost all the time but will then occasionally work for seemingly no reason. MOST of my mkv files work just fine aside from a select few. My tv (which is 100mbit) is wired on my network, as is my ps3 (which is gigabit) same problem with both devices. I am including log files in the hopes that someone can figure this out as its driving me crazy.

**Paul** · 03-22-2011, 12:32 PM

Looking at the logs, that MKV is being transcoded, but the transcoding speed is not fast enough. If you try to play that same file again in a few minutes, it should play further. Try also using a "Samsung BDP" device profile and see if that works better (it'll transcode less, but the TV may refuse to play files more).

What sort of CPU do you have?

**theother1wstolen** · 03-22-2011, 12:39 PM

A q6600. I've tried c-series and bdp 3d I don't think I've tried just bdp let me do that and try again. . .

**theother1wstolen** · 03-22-2011, 12:44 PM

The bdp profile does not work with that file I just get a "Not supported video codec". Also I can tell that the file is not going to play through from the moment it starts to play as the file length does not come up and I can not fast forward at all which both work fine when the file actually plays as it should.

-Edit- Shouldnt a q6600 be fast enough to transcode this? Should I try overclocking a bit? I have it at factory speeds right now but should be able to bump it up a bit.

**Paul** · 03-22-2011, 02:17 PM

You'd need roughly a 20% speed increase for smooth playback and I don't think, frankly, that overclocking will gain you that much (I could be wrong though). This is where pre-transcoding will help. Or, you can start playing it, then stop and let it finish in the background. After that it'll be ready to play.