I can't help asking the stupid question! If the problem as you perceive it to be AVC (h.264) files muxed in the MKV container, then why when you pull the files out of the container do they play?? Every file I have tried this with does play within VLC.
Seems this rather proves the problem is with Matroska within VLC not the experimental h.264 or should I say x.264. Also it can be noted that these same files play outside of VLC using Matroska's ax files. Thus eliminating the possibility of corrupted files.
Hope this is helpful
Dude, I feel you haven't read carefully what The DJ posted....
but most likely the movie files you are trying were incorrectly encoded with a too old version of the matroska muxers. Several issues have been fixed in matroska muxers regarding AVC over the past months.
It's kinda obvious that the files will play if you de-mux then, as they seen to be
badly muxed in the first place. Or at least that's what I could understand.
How about re-muxing the files with a new version of the matroska muxers? (mkvtoolnix with mkvmerguegui or something)
Ok, so if you have already backed up the files on cd/dvd it's a pain in the neck to copy the file to the hd and give it a go, plus if it works, you'll have to re-burn that files, etc. But it would still nice if you tryed.
I've never downloaded myself any file with h.26* encoded video