MKV playback stops halfway through

[Cerberus]

Still somehow it jumps back into the browser without pressing any buttons. Even the play time is reported correctly.

http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=mkvfix <-- run that over your files that wont work i did with a few today and got them to play.

So, here's the thing:

I tried lots of mkv's all stopped playing at some point, and seeking didn't work on any of them.

But

After downgrading to 6.0.1, all mkv's work like a charm, they play till the end, and even seeking is possible.

So

I think its time you stopped insisting that the problem is with the files.

What is known:

1: The bug was introduced in 6.1
2: Even the debug log doesn't show anything why this is happening.
3: Its random because every file stops at different timestamps, with some it plays for 20-30 minutes before jumping back to the browser, with others it stops after 3-4 minutes even.
4: But its also constant because it always stops at the same exact time if I play the same file again.

[Cerberus]

After downgrading to 6.0.1, all mkv's work like a charm, they play till the end, and even seeking is possible.

ok that would mke sense and tie in with some issues im seeing

I think its time you stopped insisting that the problem is with the files.

excuse me !!! who insisted it was the files???

1: The bug was introduced in 6.1

yer i agree if it what im see thats correct

2: Even the debug log doesn't show anything why this is happening.

yep it does but only if you know what your looking for.

3: Its random because every file stops at different timestamps, with some it plays for 20-30 minutes before jumping back to the browser, with others it stops after 3-4 minutes even.
4: But its also constant because it always stops at the same exact time if I play the same file again.

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nope there no consistancy to it, and seems to be an ffmpeg issue but more testing is require on latest beta to see if we have solved this issue.

Hello I´m new here. I´m facing the same problem (Serviio v 0.6.1). I have a BD D5100 and the movies (.mkv and .avi) stop and the player skip to the menu where are listed the movies available on server. The problem could occur at any moment. When the movie is restarted the problem not happens at the same time before but latter. Today I faced the problem twice at 17' and 51'. What information more I need to send to help you? Thank you very much.

Information about the file:

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "C:\Documents and Settings\The Fats\M
y Documents\My Videos\FILMES CONVERTIDOS\Toy Story 2.mkv
ffmpeg version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 13 2011 20:46:11 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffs
erver --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --extra-libs='
-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enab
le-pthreads --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-co
nfig
libavutil 51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
libavcodec 53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
libavformat 53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0
libavfilter 2. 53. 0 / 2. 53. 0
libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 50.00 (50/1)
-> 50.00 (50/1)
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'C:\Documents and Settings\The Fats\My Documents\M
y Videos\FILMES CONVERTIDOS\Toy Story 2.mkv':
Duration: 01:32:25.12, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1969 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x720, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 25 fps
, 50 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s (default)
At least one output file must be specified

C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>

Thanks,

[Cerberus]

Zainaghi - yep this is a known issue and im currently trying to work out why it happen and it will hopefully be fixed in 0.6.2

yep it does but only if you know what your looking for.

Weren't you the one who said just a few posts ago that there is nothing in the log?

nope there no consistancy to it, and seems to be an ffmpeg issue but more testing is require on latest beta to see if we have solved this issue.

I 've played the same file five times and 5 out of 5 it stopped at the exact same moment, if that's not consistancy I don't know what is.

Cerberus, could be a hardware problem too? I´m asking this because I have the same problem using Samsung All Share software. My PC is a AMD X2 2.0 ghz / 2 Gb RAM / Asus M2N SLI. I´m using a wired connection trought a Dlink 524. Sometimes I need to restart the BD 2 or 3 times until to recognize the DLNA server. And once recognized is very difficult to get to the movies directory. I receive a message "Media Play cannot complet the action and will return to main menu" or "There is no movies files at the specified folder". What is the hardware´s responsabiliy to ensure DLNA´s working? Thanks in advance.

[Cerberus]

Cerberus, could be a hardware problem too? I´m asking this because I have the same problem using Samsung All Share software. My PC is a AMD X2 2.0 ghz / 2 Gb RAM / Asus M2N SLI. I´m using a wired connection trought a Dlink 524. Sometimes I need to restart the BD 2 or 3 times until to recognize the DLNA server. And once recognized is very difficult to get to the movies directory. I receive a message "Media Play cannot complet the action and will return to main menu" or "There is no movies files at the specified folder". What is the hardware´s responsabiliy to ensure DLNA´s working? Thanks in advance.

well yes it could be a firmware issue but we should be able to work round that. As for the rest that sound more like a network issue than software/firmware.

I've noticed that if I press info on the file, it reports a lower filesize than what it is actually. And it seems that the reported filesize is consistent with the position where playback stops.

So to be clear 0.6.2 still has the same issue, nothing has changed.

[Cerberus]

seems there is a ffmpeg bug with mkv files try one of the latest daily builds. (if on windows)

http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=win_ffmpeg

Thanks, will try

update: I've replaced ffmpeg.exe with the newest build avaialable, but its still happening.

[Cerberus]

Thanks, will try

update: I've replaced ffmpeg.exe with the newest build avaialable, but its still happening.

ok, can you provide information on your network setup?

serviio is installed on a PC which has 3 network cards.

no1 is connected to the internet IP address is given by the cable modem.
no2 is connected to the local network (192.168.0.1) through a linksys gigabit switch (the tv is connected to the same switch) the ip address of the tv is 192.168.0.6 assigned by DHCP
no3 is a Wlan card (192.168.200.1) working as an access point

all routing and ics are done by a fully licensed version of wingate 6.6.4

and the platform is windows xp pro 32bit

[Cerberus]

theres your issue then DLNA is not designed to work with virtualised network routing, it has to be bound to an actual network adaptor NOT a virtual one.

Virtualized routing? What the hell does that even mean?

Still I don't think that's the problem, as I've said, even when pressing info on files it reports the wrong filesize. Explain how can that be caused by any network configuration? I can't even find words how stupid that sounds.

And also, if it were truly a DLNA problem, nothing would work, but this happens only with serviio. No other application has this problem. I know why don't I use the other ones then? Because they have other problems that makes them useless.

[Cerberus]

Virtualized routing? What the hell does that even mean?

Still I don't think that's the problem, as I've said, even when pressing info on files it reports the wrong filesize. Explain how can that be caused by any network configuration? I can't even find words how stupid that sounds.

And also, if it were truly a DLNA problem, nothing would work, but this happens only with serviio. No other application has this problem. I know why don't I use the other ones then? Because they have other problems that makes them useless.

put basicly its affecting the way the file is trasmitted, causing the issues you are seeing.

Cerberus, you were right. I solved my stops problem changing the network cable and conectors. Now everything is working 100% on 0.6.2 version. I just played 3 entire mkv movies without interruption or skiping to the next one. Regards from Brasil.

[Cerberus]

Cerberus, you were right. I solved my stops problem changing the network cable and conectors. Now everything is working 100% on 0.6.2 version. I just played 3 entire mkv movies without interruption or skiping to the next one. Regards from Brasil.

your welcome seems the 21k at year that the datacentre pay me here in the uk is worth it