unable to play Mkv files with 2,33 hours duration

[johnsluts]

Hello


I am new in this forum just wondering if anyone can tell me why I am unable to play Mkv files with 2,33 hours duration, it played for 53 minutes and back to zero, when I try to start it form 53 minutes, it comes back to zero, is there any work around to fix this issue? thanks

[shaodan1997]

Is it a file with multiple video tracks in different duration?

In other words, you have a 53 minutes video and a 2,33 hours video(I think it's means 2 hours and 1188 seconds rather than Two hundred thirty three hours?) mixed in one mkv files.

And in this case, VLC will show the duration of the longer track, but if the track you play is the shorter one, the situation you described will happen.

I did some test, and it seems that the choice of default track also affect the behavior of VLC in this case. So the easiest way is to divide them into separate file.

[johnsluts]

Thanks for the reply . ys it is 2 hours and 33 minutes, and it is one video track no other tracks, and yes I am thinking to divide them into separate file, but still looking for a software to do that.
but it means that VLC will not be able to play this long file, is it correct?

[shaodan1997]

Thanks for the reply . ys it is 2 hours and 33 minutes, and it is one video track no other tracks, and yes I am thinking to divide them into separate file, but still looking for a software to do that.
but it means that VLC will not be able to play this long file, is it correct?

Would you mind providing the output of MediaInfo? https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo

[johnsluts]

No I would not mind, but I do not have the mxf file, how can I generate this file, thanks.

[shaodan1997]

No I would not mind, but I do not have the mxf file, how can I generate this file, thanks.

You don't need a mxf file, MediaInfo can read mkv file.

Just install it, and right click your mkv file-MeidaInfo. You may change the View option into Text, and paste the output to here.

[johnsluts]

okay this is what I see

eneral
Unique ID : 182927619431568051750665851379953806808 (0x899E93F7467F96D684480ED3B031ADD8)
Complete name : D:\anydesk\War 2019 india\War 2019 india.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 3.15 GiB
Duration : 2 h 33 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 941 kb/s
Movie name : War 2019 LIMITED
Encoded date : UTC 2020-06-28 10:54:28
Writing application : DVDFab 11.0.5.8
Writing library : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5
IsTruncated : Yes

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 2 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2 h 33 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 8 336 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 804 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : MLP FBA
Format/Info : Meridian Lossless Packing FBA
Commercial name : Dolby TrueHD
Codec ID : A_TRUEHD
Duration : 2 h 33 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 3 714 kb/s
Channel(s) : 8 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 1 200.000 FPS (40 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : Hindi
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2 h 33 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 701 MiB (22%)
Language : Hindi
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 4
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Language : Dutch
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 5
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #3
ID : 6
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Language : French
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #4
ID : 7
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Language : Polish
Default : No
Forced : No

[shaodan1997]

It looks no problem.

My advice is to try to remux this file using MKVToolNix.

Open MKVToolNix Gui, the add your mkv file to "Source files" in Multiplexer tool. Then just click "Start multiplexing". It will create a new mkv file, and check the new file if it can be played smoothly.

If it doesn't work, select the video track in "Tracks, chapters and tags", and select "Fix bitstream timing info" in "Properties" and try again.

Hope this will solve the problem.

[johnsluts]

Okay, thanks for your help, much appreciated.

[johnsluts]

I did try using the MKVToolNix 64, New MKV file is created with the same size, but when I play the file it is only play till 53 minutes, and when I play the original MKV file with the same size it show the duration as I mentioned earlier on 2 hours 33 minutes, and in this software (I could not find select the video track in "Tracks, chapters and tags", and select "Fix bitstream timing info" in "Properties" )

what I found very odd that it creates a new MKV with almost the same size but when I check the duration only till 53 minutes.

[InTheWings]

Writing library : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5
IsTruncated : Yes

Truncated means truncated.

[johnsluts]

Thanks for all the help, it seem that the mkv file is damaged and I managed to redownload it, which it twice bigger, so my problem is solved.