won't play hi-res mkv

[wake]

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Greeting all.


I am having trouble playing an mkv file that is 1920X1072. The video frame freezes for a minute but the audio goes on ok.

Jet Audio plays it but I would like to use your player. Using windows XP sp3

Thanks.

wake


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[Lotesdelere]

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[wake]

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Yeah... tried all them.

((( sigh )))

Thanks

wake


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[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Are you running the latest drivers?
Is your CPU fast enough?

[wake]

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Umm... AMD Athlon CPU 2.2GHz 4Gb Ram It should be fast enough, huh?

I have an older version of the Jet Audio player that plays the file fine. I would like to use your player since I am used to the operation and features of it. (2 thumbs up!) I use VLC on many other mkv files of slightly smaller formats,no prob.

Thanks,

wake

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[Chrisi22]

I see there were no definitive answers to your question. I ran into a similar problem on 1920x1080 vids, after upgrading my GPU drivers. Suddenly VLC 2 wouldn't play them. It would open them, display a frame, stall on that frame while seeker button advanced. If I clicked on another point on the seek bar, it would display that frame & so on.

MPC-HC played the vids OK. In my case, I realized it must be connected to me upgrading graphics drivers - but no idea which setting(s) was involved.
Stumbled on Video Settings > Output, & saw it was "Default." I don't know what it ever was before because never had to look. Remembered reading the Nvidia drivers use (I thought ???) Open GL. Just playing w/ settings, changed the selection in VLC video settings output to OpenGL & the 1920x1080 vids (several diff formats) started playing fine.

There may be OTHER output settings I could've chosen that would also work, but on my box, "Default" didn't work.

So, if you've upgraded graphics drivers (or maybe need to), VLC may / may not choose the right video output setting for high res vids.

[wake]

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Hey Chrisi, Thanks so much for your info. Your symptoms sound just like mine.

I am going down the track you suggested. Will pm you if I have success.

wake


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[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

use GPU decoding.