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How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the option
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:07 amby Digitoxin
You may have noticed that newer .MKV files are missing the ability to Jump Foward or Backward (FF/REW) from your Samsung Bluray player or television. Here is what happened and how to fix it.
As of mkvmerge v4.0.0, mkvmerge will no longer put all clusters into a meta seek element by default. This is required for the FF/REW features to work on Samsung players. To fix this, you just need to remux with mkvmerge using the --clusters-in-meta-seek command line option. If you use mkvmerge GUI, choose muxing from the Menu bar and pick the option Add command line options. You can then add the --clusters-in-meta-seek option from the list. unfortunately, you cannot save these options so you have to remember to do this each time you remux an .MKV.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:47 amby leelindley
no joy. Some work for FF and some do not even after remuxing with the cluster option.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:42 pmby leelindley
My mistake. I read another thread that explained to use the arrow keys and Tool button instead of the normal disk fast forward controls. That did the trick.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Tue May 08, 2012 7:51 pmby barcode99
why don't you try Samsung own AllShare server instead. it will play all kinda of .mkv files as well as .mp4 files, which serviio will not even show as existing on shared directories. I found that it also fixes thumbnail problems on Samsunf TV and my Sony BDV home theater.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Fri May 25, 2012 1:16 pmby kmetek
barcode99 wrote:why don't you try Samsung own AllShare server instead. it will play all kinda of .mkv files as well as .mp4 files, which serviio will not even show as existing on shared directories. I found that it also fixes thumbnail problems on Samsunf TV and my Sony BDV home theater.
because it adds lame .mta files to each file....
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:28 pmby invaderzog
I tried changing my profiles.xml so that all references to:
<Matches container="matroska" mkvHeaderCompressed="true" />
were commented out (i.e.)
<!-- Matches container="matroska" mkvHeaderCompressed="true" /-->
and I also remuxed a test MKV w/ mkvmerge.
The file is a DVD rip I made with MakeMKV and then subsequently remuxed w/ mkvmerge.
When I play w/ samsung allshare (really hate that software) from my TV, it allows me to fw/rw as well as navigate chapter points. When I play from serviio, I have to watch from start->stop. I believe I tried both the fw/rw approaches as well as the tools->enter time approach.
I'm back to allshare for now -- but still holding out hope to get serviio working
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:37 pmby zip
Comment out the lines that define matching for h264Levet greaterThan.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:48 pmby invaderzog
zip wrote:Comment out the lines that define matching for h264Levet greaterThan.
Sanity check:
I should comment out all of the "levelGreaterThan" lines such as:
<Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="vp8" />
</Video>
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:35 pmby zip
these two.
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<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
<Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.1" />
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:37 pmby rtharris98
This may seem mundane but I had the same issue when playing back on my samsung smart TV. Unchecking the 'enable transcoding' seemed to correct. Please reply back if this helped.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:41 amby vagicle
I had this problem with one particular file on my Samsung UA46D6003, streaming off Serviio 1.1.
The interesting thing was that two other files, which were from the same 'release', had no such problems. (MediaInfo showed that all 3 files were encoded using identical settings, and all with profiles of "High@L4.1".) I could skip around back & forth in these two other files with little to no buffering. The only difference I can think of is that the two files that worked were smaller, though not by much, with slightly lower video bitrates.
So following the suggestion in this thread, I commented out these two lines (lines 481 & 482) under the relevant profile for my TV:
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<Profile id="7" name="Samsung TV / player (C/D/E-series)" extendsProfileId="1">
...
<!-- <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="high" levelGreaterThan="4.2" /> -->
<!-- <Matches container="*" vCodec="h264" profile="main" levelGreaterThan="4.2" /> -->
Note the "4.1" was actually "4.2" in my profiles.xml (not sure if this was just a difference between v1.0.1 & v1.1) This seems to have done the trick for me. I'm guessing this means my Serviio is now no longer transcoding this file to my TV (?)
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:13 amby Scotty in Oz
Hi All,
I also have a problem with ff/rew function on my Samsung BD-D5500. I have been searching through these forums for a number of days and have tried various solutions with little success. I have made MKV files with various versions of MKVMerge including the clusters in meta seek recommendation. I have also tried generic DLNA profile but this does not work
Recently i tried playing the files with transcoding switched off and amazingly some of them worked. The problem is that I need transcoding to play files to my other DLNA device, a Panasonic VT20 TV. Maybe there is something in the Samsung D profile that could be changed to fix the problem, but I wouldn't know where to start.
Below is a list of files and how they play on the Samsung
Transcoding on/ Samsung D series Profile
vob-----no ff/rew funcion
mp4-----ff/rew funcion works
vob inside mkv-----no ff/rew funcion
Transcoding off/ Samsung D series Profile
vob-----no ff/rew funcion
mp4-----ff/rew funcion works
vob inside mkv-----ff/rew funcion works
The only format that works on the Samsung with transcoding on is mp4 but when played on Panasonic the image of letterbox films are stretched vertically and the ff/rew function does not work properly. I am really keen to get vob or vob inside mkv files to work on the Samsung as they have the best picture quality and they both work perfectly on the Panasonic with transcoding on. I am happy to post a log but am unsure what part to post
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Scott
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:58 pmby zip
post ffmpeg -i for the vob in mkv file
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:05 amby Scotty in Oz
I installed ffmpeg and follwowed the instructions on this site, please advise if this is not correct
- Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Scott>cd"\Program Files\Serviio\lib"
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Users\Scott>cd "\Program Files\Serviio\lib"
C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "C:\Users\Scott\Videos\Movies\vobinmk
v.mkv"
ffmpeg version N-42368-gbf53863 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 10 2012 03:40:45 with gcc 4.6.3
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-w64-mingw32- --pkg-config=pk
g-config
libavutil 51. 64.100 / 51. 64.100
libavcodec 54. 33.100 / 54. 33.100
libavformat 54. 15.102 / 54. 15.102
libavdevice 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100
libavfilter 3. 1.100 / 3. 1.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 15.100 / 0. 15.100
[matroska,webm @ 002CBBA0] Unknown entry 0xA4
[mpeg2video @ 002CCAE0] ignoring pic cod ext after 0
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'C:\Users\Scott\Videos\Movies\vobinmkv.mkv':
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-02-19 05:52:38
Duration: 01:27:40.36, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5837 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9]
, 7300 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
Stream #0:1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16, 384 kb/s (default)
At least one output file must be specified
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
Posted:
Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:23 pmby zip
Scotty in Oz wrote:I installed ffmpeg and follwowed the instructions on this site, please advise if this is not correct
- Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Scott>cd"\Program Files\Serviio\lib"
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Users\Scott>cd "\Program Files\Serviio\lib"
C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib>ffmpeg.exe -i "C:\Users\Scott\Videos\Movies\vobinmk
v.mkv"
ffmpeg version N-42368-gbf53863 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 10 2012 03:40:45 with gcc 4.6.3
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-w64-mingw32- --pkg-config=pk
g-config
libavutil 51. 64.100 / 51. 64.100
libavcodec 54. 33.100 / 54. 33.100
libavformat 54. 15.102 / 54. 15.102
libavdevice 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100
libavfilter 3. 1.100 / 3. 1.100
libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100
libswresample 0. 15.100 / 0. 15.100
[matroska,webm @ 002CBBA0] Unknown entry 0xA4
[mpeg2video @ 002CCAE0] ignoring pic cod ext after 0
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'C:\Users\Scott\Videos\Movies\vobinmkv.mkv':
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-02-19 05:52:38
Duration: 01:27:40.36, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5837 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9]
, 7300 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 1k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
Stream #0:1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16, 384 kb/s (default)
At least one output file must be specified
Remove this from the c/d/e profile
- Code:
<Matches container="matroska" vCodec="mpeg2video" />
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
Posted:
Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:45 amby Scotty in Oz
Thanks Zip, that worked great!
Regards,
Scott
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:54 pmby rgill90
I've tried all these and they didn't work for me. I tried renaming my .mkvs to .avis and that actually works a treat. It also fixe a problem i was having where .mkvs stop playing mid way through.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:13 amby Scotty in Oz
Following on from my previous posts. Now that I have sorted the profiles for my two DLNA devices (Samsung BD-D5500 and Panasonic VT20 TV), I am interested in purchasing a NAS but am unsure how much RAM I will require. I have checked through numerous posts but I am a little unsure of what transcoding Serviio is doing for these two devices, and whether 256mb RAM will be sufficient. I am interested in the Synology 212j as it has good reviews on this forum. Can you please advise if it will be ok to transcode vob inside mkv files to these two devices.
Cheers, Scott
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:51 pmby zip
Scotty in Oz wrote:Following on from my previous posts. Now that I have sorted the profiles for my two DLNA devices (Samsung BD-D5500 and Panasonic VT20 TV), I am interested in purchasing a NAS but am unsure how much RAM I will require. I have checked through numerous posts but I am a little unsure of what transcoding Serviio is doing for these two devices, and whether 256mb RAM will be sufficient. I am interested in the Synology 212j as it has good reviews on this forum. Can you please advise if it will be ok to transcode vob inside mkv files to these two devices.
Cheers, Scott
How is this relevant to this topic? Check the NAS forum.
Re: How to fix FF/REW in .mkv files that are missing the opt
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Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:40 amby sMaxi
None of the solutions work for me. Even on remuxed mkv file, my Samsung ue40es6307 keeps giving me "This file may not be playable properly" warning and refuses to make seeking work.
MkvMerge "Show the command line" under "Muxing" displays this:
"mkvmerge" -o "/Users/maksimpreobrazenskij/Downloads/(1).mkv" "--language" "0:eng" "--default-track" "0:yes" "--forced-track" "0:no" "--display-dimensions" "0:512x384" "--default-track" "1:yes" "--forced-track" "1:no" "-a" "1" "-d" "0" "-S" "-T" "--no-global-tags" "--no-chapters" "(" "/Users/maksimpreobrazenskij/Downloads/OnePiece001.mkv" ")" "--track-order" "0:0,0:1" "--clusters-in-meta-seek"