Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 17:37:21 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Brandon J. Wandersee" <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> Cc: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Matroska video format Message-ID: <20160523173721.4820dfac.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <86oa7wbxzb.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <37fefe15-0f0c-31d0-8192-d49735f89b43@columbus.rr.com> <20160523134928.f51b0805.freebsd@edvax.de> <86oa7wbxzb.fsf@WorkBox.Home>
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On Mon, 23 May 2016 10:22:32 -0500, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > Matroska is a truly free and open container format that's been around > for over a decade now, and I've played *.MKV files in MPV, Parole (the > Xfce media player), and Kodi/Plex Home Theater without having to take > any extra steps. I haven't used VLC in a long time, but it's claim to > fame is that it supports almost every format under the sun out of the > box. So I would bet it's just a poorly encoded video, not a problem with > VLC. Using "mplayer -identify <filename>" is a good tool to check what actually is inside the MKV container. The -dumpvideo and -dumpaudio options can be used for further examination. In case the file in question is just improperly encoded, this is a good way to find out. I'd like to repeat the suggestion to use different files and different players. Just make sure the required libraries and codecs have been installed. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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