DVD Ripper MKV Remux on WMC

[mfuller]

Hi There,

Just started trialling DVD Ripper. I want to use it to convert my DVD's to MKV for playing in Windows Media Center (7).

I already have a large number of MKV's, mostly high res anime. They all play fine in WMC.

I loaded up a test DVD. I thought I would go with MKV remux as that would give me the best quality. I disabled splitting and left pretty much everything else default.

The file finished and I was able to play in MPC (media player classic) and also Windows Media Player, but for some reason it will not play in Windows Media Center. I don't get an error or anything. It loads the video, but just sits there at a black screen. If I bring up the controls it shows the video sat at 00:00:00 but interestingly shows the correct movie length. Fast forwarding does nothing.

I am currently ripping it again but using H264 and audiocopy.. it'll be a while before I can test it as it's still encoding. The trouble is though that I want the best quality available.

Any pointers please?

[mfuller]

OK, ripped it as a MKV.H264.audiocopy and that won't play in media center either.

So what am I missing? How come other MKV's play fine, but anything made by DVDRipper does not?

any help appreciated.

[GregiBoy]

Use MediaInfo to inspect the files and post the details on a working and a non-working file.

[mfuller]

Many thanks for the reply!

This is working fine.
General
Unique ID : 183191304596957209323786764580899912442 (0x89D15CA5F7B356C7AAC3529FB731FAFA)
Complete name : D:\Videos\Anime\Real Drive\01 - Underwater Island Drive.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 349 MiB
Duration : 22mn 34s
Overall bit rate : 2 163 Kbps
Movie name : RD Sennou Chosashitsu 01: Underwater Island Drive
Encoded date : UTC 2008-04-20 15:23:51
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.2.0 ('Turn It On Again') built on Mar 4 2008 12:58:26
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Attachment : Yes / Yes

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 22mn 34s
Nominal bit rate : 1 966 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.089
Title : RD Sennou Chosashitsu 01: Underwater Island Drive
Writing library : x264 core 59 r821M 44361e9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / me-prepass=0 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1966 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=2:1.00
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 22mn 34s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Title : 2.0 LC-AAC
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : Styled ASS
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Plain SRT
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Part A
00:12:56.530 : en:Part B
00:21:25.040 : en:Ending 「Katahiza no Yogore」

This file is NOT working.

General
Unique ID : 249585723525196054797391214790429297971 (0xBBC4763CA52E484AAE1FE4A85A7ECD33)
Complete name : E:\Movies\SCOOBY_DOO_2\SCOOBY_DOO_2.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 3.65 GiB
Duration : 1h 28mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 876 Kbps
Movie name : SCOOBY_DOO_2.Title1.DVDRip
Encoded date : UTC 2012-08-15 14:45:13
Writing application : DVDFab
Writing library : libebml v0.7.8 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 375 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.518
Stream size : 3.34 GiB (91%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 244 MiB (7%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[mfuller]

Any ideas anyone? Help much appreciated.

[terry5]

Please try the profile generic.mkv.h264.aac. With it helps.

[mfuller]

Unfortunately the same result.. it just refuses to play it. It plays fine in Media Player Classic, just not in Windows Media Center.

I've tried changing codec packs and that makes no difference.

I'm at a loss. This software has so much potential for me.. sadly wont be buying it though if it doesnt work

[mfuller]

So does no one else use DVD Ripper for Windows Media Center??!?!

[terry5]

You can give a try of DVDFab media player.

[Garry E]

So does no one else use DVD Ripper for Windows Media Center??!?!

I wonder if you add Shark Codecs to your computer if that will fix your problem. Media Centre has one of the best GUI's I've seen for this type of thing and some great features but it is such a pain in the butt with it's fussyness as to what it wants to play. Even it's recorded TV programs need to be massaged to play on anything outside Windows. I have been all through this in my early days of Media Players and as much as I liked the interface I soon gave up on Media Centre and have never looked back. Still I'm fairly certain I overcame the MKV playback issue by installing the Shark Codec Pack. Good luck

I just noticed in your log post that the MKV that plays is Matroska version 1 and the one that doesn't play is Matroska version 2. Sounds like codec problem to me. If you don't like the idea of Shark Codecs I think you can also download from Matroska. Here's a link http://www.ehow.com/how_8279787_play...windows-7.html

[Garry E]

Just a quick update on my previous post....after a bit of research into your problem on the net the consensus appears to be to uninstall all 3rd party codec packs and then only install Shark 7 codecs. Please let me know if that fixes your problem. It's really not a DVD fab issue but rather a Windows thing.

[mfuller]

Just a quick update on my previous post....after a bit of research into your problem on the net the consensus appears to be to uninstall all 3rd party codec packs and then only install Shark 7 codecs. Please let me know if that fixes your problem. It's really not a DVD fab issue but rather a Windows thing.

Wow, you Sir are a superstar!

The Shark codec pack did indeed solve the problem and it's now playing! Fantastic! Thank you ever so much! I had originally had my media center configured as minimalist with just ffdshow and Haali. That seemed to work for almost anything until I tried the DVD Ripper to MKV. I then uninstalled everything and tried the CCCP pack.. I then tried lots of variations..

But, as you said, I uninstalled everything, rebooted then installed the Shark pack and now it's all working.

THANK YOU!

[Garry E]

Glad you had a happy result. Hopefully you will enjoy using DVD Fab now, it's really a great bit of software for anyone playing with media players.