VLC 2.0.2 (And 2.0.1) will not play MKV h264 10bit video

[crimson2006]

I've tried many other "nightly" versions too but all seem to fail at playing h264 10bit videos. I currently have the 2.0.2 version installed.

This is what I get when trying to play the video:



It plays the first few frames of video so I do get a picture but it just stops playing the video and continues playing the audio (without subtitles). As a last note, when I close the player after trying to play one of these videos, I must use the task manager to end the vlc.exe process (it does not freeze my system, the window closes but the process remains). I have a computer plenty fast enough to play HD files, I've done so in the past many times without issue. I hope this post contains enough information but if you need more, just ask.

Thanks

[VLC_help]

Is there some sample file you could share to us?

[crimson2006]

Not unless you want to download a gig. the file works fine on Gom if that is what you are wondering about (A.K.A corrupted video stream)

[Lotesdelere]

Use DGsplit to cut a sample and read here about how to do it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57724&p=193335#p193335
50 MB should be enough.

Then upload the sample file to either http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to MirrorCreator.com or to EmbedUpload.com, so it will upload the file for you to several other hosts, and then post the link to the file here.

[crimson2006]

OK, uploaded via the first link. trac track is the url of this thread,

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http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=99870&p=336688#p336688.

[Lotesdelere]

Yes I can reproduce the issue, in fact it's freezing on one frame while the audio is still playing, then it hangs on exit and the process must be killed.
No playback problem with MPlayer though.

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direct3d debug: DirectXUpdateRects image_src_clipped coords: 0,0,1920,1080 main debug: Decoder buffering done in 377 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (-9988), dropping buffer main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 108 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 66 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 29 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 66 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 33 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 68 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 26 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 61 ms) main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 19 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 68 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 50 ms) main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 11 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 61 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 46 ms) main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms) etc etc

To remux the file with MKVToolnix didn't help.
You should create a ticket on the VLC Trac with a link to this thread and the name of the non working file (actually test_0 uploaded on 06-Apr-2012 12:07).

[crimson2006]

OK, I made the ticket 6600.

[TypX]

I can't find the file to see if it's a matroska issue or not.

[TypX]

When is it supposed to happen? The file play perfectly for me on linux until 1:07 (which is the end of file)

[Lotesdelere]

When is it supposed to happen? The file play perfectly for me on linux until 1:07 (which is the end of file)

At the very beginning, 0:03, when he's closing his briefcase.

[TypX]

I cannot reproduce with neither 2.0.1 nor 2.1 nightly on windows 7 64 bits with and without GPU acceleration (ATI card).

Do you use hardware acceleration with a nVidia card?

[Lotesdelere]

Do you use hardware acceleration with a nVidia card?

Nope, no hardware acceleration and no nVidia for me.

[crimson2006]

I have a nVidia card but I don't know about my hardware accel setting. The system (Vista) won't let me in to view since I can't change it... I assume its default since I never touched it...

[TypX]

By hardware acceleration I mean the vlc option in tools->preferences->codecs (a checkbox on top use GPU acceleration). If it's uncheck you can try to check it, save and restart vlc if it's checked you can uncheck it save and restart vlc.

As I've said I cannot reproduce with my versions so I'd tend to blame the contribs.

[DavidCG]

Same problem here with latest 2.1.0. I've tried checking / unchecking HW acceleration and using different settings on codec options, etc.

I have an nVidia 8800GT card with Windows 7.

[DavidCG]

I fixed my problem by uninstalling 2.1.0 and clearing preferences, deleting all remaining files, running CCleaner, reinstalling 2.0.2 with default preference settings.