Playing .mkv files?
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Caine
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In my experience, playing .mkv files on the Pandora is totally impossible right now.
Perhaps the DSP can help, but I don't expect that to happen anytime soon (read: two-months).
Perhaps the DSP can help, but I don't expect that to happen anytime soon (read: two-months).
sebt3
homebrew player (P. & C.)
Matroska (*.mkv files) is just a container. VLC support this container format just fine.
What video codec do your files use ? (I'm betting on h264@1080p which the pandora doesnt play... indeed)
What video codec do your files use ? (I'm betting on h264@1080p which the pandora doesnt play... indeed)
sebt3
homebrew player (P. & C.)
remove these 48px in the video stream and you might have better chance to get it played, also what alerino said
WizardStan
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Can't speak for mkv files, but 480p x264 encoded mov and avi files play pretty good in mplayer when overclocked to 800 or so, and "reasonably" with a lot of frameskip at even 500mhz.
Code:
mplayer -vo sdl -fs -frameskip big_buck_bunny_480p.mov
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A little off-topic, but this thread might be quite useful when it comes to encoding video.
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sukhi2011
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Sometimes i'm playing videos on vlc it comes with blank screen,to solve it i do full screen by pressing f button keyboard then once in full screen mode then press a button on keyboard,with different screen sizes,keep on pressing it till you don't see your video,it usually works with 16.9 and 16.10 but make sure it's full screen before doing this.
Also try gnome player,sm player.
Also try gnome player,sm player.
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sukhi2011
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I tried all three players vlc plays shows blue screen and sm player stop playing and gnome stop playing aswell,there is no way you can play this kind of video on pandora,sorry.
Caine
Hardcore Member
That was my conclusion as well. The only way to watch video on the Pandora is by transcoding the content. I refuse to do so and thus for now, it unfortunately fails as a video player. Perhaps some time in the future, but I'm not having high hopes.
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So, XVID is the container and MKV are the files?
Caine
Hardcore Member
No. MKV is a container. XVID is the encoding.
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Ok, thanks. I have to remember all this.
Examples
MKV = Container type
XVID = Encoding type
.h264 and .x264 = Codec type
Examples
MKV = Container type
XVID = Encoding type
.h264 and .x264 = Codec type
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Caine
Hardcore Member
MKV/AVI = containers
XVID/H264 = codecs
x264 = encoder software
The codec specification essentially tells how software needs to be decoded and not how it should be encoded. Therefore different encoders will yield different results (even while being compliant with the same codec). Because of this people tend to erroneously refer to x264 itself as a codec (which is just h264/MPEG-4).
XVID/H264 = codecs
x264 = encoder software
The codec specification essentially tells how software needs to be decoded and not how it should be encoded. Therefore different encoders will yield different results (even while being compliant with the same codec). Because of this people tend to erroneously refer to x264 itself as a codec (which is just h264/MPEG-4).
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Thanks again, Caine. I've noted this down in my logs. Cheers for the great explanation.
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No really!?
I thought it was implied with what I wrote that had XVID video encoded into a MKV container.
Caine
Hardcore Member
He's from Down Under, he reads everything upside-down
sukhi2011
Active Member
Who cares about mkv files,when pandora can play avi,flv,wmv,3gp,quicktime formats still it plays most of them.He's from Down Under, he reads everything upside-down
Prometheus
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People who want to play .mkv files, of course!
