MKVs from other countries and codecs

[schianerhermann]

With my 2 year old wd - live I've got major problems playing foreign mkv files with different formats!

is this new wd - live able to play those files???

[TonyPh12345]

MKVs aren't region-specific. Not sure what problem you're having.

[Tinwarble]

As TonyPH12345 said "MKVs aren't region-specific", it doesn't matter that they are foreign films, all that matters is how they were encoded.

Your question is sort of like asking, "My old dog want eat a particular dog food, do you think my new dog will?".  It's not really a question that can be answered, especially since no one knows how your mkv's were encoded.

[schianerhermann]

thx... this file for example is not working with wd live wifi:

General
Unique ID                                : 230066526078732631248480009616386381434 (0xAD15338060592C90BD59E94062BB567A)
Complete name                            : /Volumes/UNTITLED/01 anime/[Commie] Lupin the Third - Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna - 01 [7830770C].mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 2
File size                                : 540 MiB
Duration                                 : 22mn 59s
Overall bit rate                         : 3 280 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-04-15 00:47:29
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v4.1.1 ('Bouncin' Back') built on Jul  3 2010 22:54:08
Writing library                          : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0
Attachment                               : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High 10@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 8 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 22mn 59s
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Writing library                          : x264 core 120 r2164+656 2ff844c
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / fade_compensate=0.70 / psy_rd=0.60:0.05 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=18 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=10 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.70 / qpmin=8 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=2:0.80
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : A_AAC
Duration                                 : 22mn 59s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Title                                    : Commie
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : **bleep**
Codec ID                                 : S_TEXT/**bleep**
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

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[parnott100]

The reason it won't work is this:

Format profile                           : High 10@L4.0

The WD hardware cannot decode this profile because it only has 8-bit video decoding paths.

And NO, that profile will never be supported with the current hardware. Video decoding is done in hardware on these devices and WD cannot add software codecs to get arround this because the CPU does not have the necessary processing power.

[schianerhermann]

ok thx