However, here is the issue ... some mp4s only playback the audio.
These only play audio:
These look and play freaking amazing:
So, what gives?
Blu-Ray Players and AMVs
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JudgeHolden
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Blu-Ray Players and AMVs
So, I bought this higher end Blu-Ray player http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/sto ... 1666077660 , and I have just used it to playback a bunch of AMVs from a USB driver. Needless to say, they look amazing on my HDTV (even better than they looked on my comp).
However, here is the issue ... some mp4s only playback the audio.
These only play audio:
These look and play freaking amazing:
So, what gives?
However, here is the issue ... some mp4s only playback the audio.
These only play audio:
These look and play freaking amazing:
So, what gives?
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NeoQuixotic
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Re: Blu-Ray Players and AMVs
They probably don't fall within the profile of x264 that the player can handle. Or it might also be some particular setting used when encoding. I'll put the MediaInfo for each video so someone a little bit more in the know how of x264 can chime in. I know frequently that very high profiles like High @ 5.X, large amounts of reference frames, and large amounts of b frames usually aren't supported with most hardware decoders. It's because of this mess that I prefer to use a HTPC with a decent CPU to take care of the playback to avoid these issues, along with proper subtitle rendering.
Bad Videos
I Ain't Marryin' No Friggin' Horse!!!Out of Control
Good Videos
RAH HEY!Stupid Couple
The bad videos seem to fall into the too high of the settings I mentioned. I didn't find any specs of the files that the player can support on the site or in the manual. Most manufactures don't have this detailed information sadly. I'd either hook up a decent machine via HDMI or re-encode offending videos that you want to throw on a USB flash drive.
Bad Videos
I Ain't Marryin' No Friggin' Horse!!!
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RAH HEY!
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Qyot27
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Re: Blu-Ray Players and AMVs
From what I've read over thus far, usually the cutoff is High@4.1, as I think that's what Blu-ray itself uses. So basically, don't exceed Blu-ray specs for the files and you should be fine. A more sure-fire solution would be to author them into a BD5/BD9 or an AVCHD disc, which should tell you which ones are compatible (and thus copied over relatively untouched) and which aren't, as well as not relying on one player's finicky specs to determine whether they'll be playable or not.
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Re: Blu-Ray Players and AMVs
Basically, what Qyot said: vids need to be level 4.1 at most with BD players (although some can play higher levels just fine). One thing to note is that just setting --level 4.1 will NOT suffice on its own, as you have to meet the vbv-bufsize and vbv-maxrate limits, as well as you can't use more refs than the ones the level allows for the desired resolution/framerate. Considering that level 4.1 can do 720p60 and 1080p24 just fine (it can do up to 720p68.3 with 9 refs and 1080p30.1 with 4 refs, actually), I doubt it really is an issue for AMVs, but one never knows.
