No Video on Xbox 360 WMC

Submitted by jvskill on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 15:12

I have tried several different things but the closest I have come to getting all of my mkvs to work is installing Haali Media Splitter 1.9.42.1(1/11/2009) then AC3 Filter 1.63b, then Divx Preview R3. I am getting 90% of my mkv's working but the last few will not show video on the xbox 360. They will start playing the audio fine, but the screen stays black and the time bar does not move from 0:00.

I know this has been posted before but I am just putting this up so you guys have as much information as possible to solve this problem.

Here's all of the info I have:

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=670567

Intel Pentium 4 521
Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition (Build 7100)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 1 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 EM64T
CPUID : F.4.1 / Extended : F.4
CPU Cache : L1 : 12 / 16 KB - L2 : 1024 KB
Core : Prescott (90 nm) / Stepping : E0
Freq : 2792.95 MHz (199.5 * 14)
MB Brand : Dell
MB Model : 0JC474
NB : Intel i915P/i915G rev B1
SB : Intel 82801FB (ICH6) rev 04
GPU Type : ATI Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
DirectX Version : 10.0
RAM : 2048 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 266 MHz (3:4) @ 4-4-4-12
Slot 1 : 1024MB (4300)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Corsair
Slot 2 : 1024MB (4300)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Corsair

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File 1:
Format : Matroska
File size : 6.56 GiB
Duration : 2h 21mn
Overall bit rate : 6 622 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-04-13 15:22:17
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.6.0 ('Kelly watch the Stars') built on Mar 24 2009 15:23:17
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile :
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 10 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 21mn
Bit rate : 4 980 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 5 108 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 688 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.860
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.236
Stream size : 4.93 GiB (75%)
Writing library : x264 core 67 r1139M 1024283
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=10 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.9:0.5 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=5108 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.80

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 21mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.49 GiB (23%)

File 2:
Format : Matroska
File size : 7.95 GiB
Duration : 1h 59mn
Overall bit rate : 9 513 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-09-01 15:40:45
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.0.2 ('You're My Flame') built on Feb 21 2007 23:40:55
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile :
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@5.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate : 8 939 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 126 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.228
Stream size : 7.47 GiB (94%)
Writing library : x264 core 56 svn-667C
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-4:-4 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=4,6 / 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=9126 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / zones=173169,179370,b=0.15 / aq=1:0.3:15.0
Language : English

Audio
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 328 MiB (4%)
Language : English

Text
ID : 1
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English

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Those are just a couple that don't work. If it would help to see the info on some of them that do work, let me know. You guys have helped me out so much so far. I really appreciate it.

Same Problem

Submitted by fried_dood on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 20:14.

I have Windows 7 Professional RTM installed on a 2008 Santa Rosa Macbook Pro. I installed the following in order:

1) DivX 7 Bundle for Windows
2) DivX MKV splitter Release 3
3) AC3 Filter 1.63b

I also restarted the system after every install so I'm pretty sure I did everything correctly. The files play in Media Center on my PC just fine. The only issue I have with Media Center on my PC is playing certain files with DTS soundtracks. While the audio track plays, no video appears. However, I cannot watch any of the files on my XBox 360. I can select the MKV files in Media Center on the XBox but I always get a buffering message and after a couple of seconds the screen goes blank and nothing happens. I am able to play non-MKV high definition files (.avi and .m2ts files) without any issues but for some reason the MKV files don't work. It's worth nothing that occasionally I can play MKV files just fine on the XBox but the occasions are few and far between (I didn't take any special steps by the way, it just works sometimes).