I just tried the 2013 profile again, but this time removed all transcoding files, all logs, and shut down Serviio completely instead of just stopping and restarting the server, and now those problem files are playing in the correct AR as they should.
But now that leaves other .mkv files that used to play perfectly under the 2010 profile that won't play at all under 2013. The player tries for awhile then finally says "The file is corrupt or unsupported." Once in awhile I can use the H264 Level Editor to change the High Profile from 4.1 to 4.0 and it'll work, but most times it doesn't. I'm sure I've been using the 2010 profile from original instructions I got either at this forum or another one about that particular player, that the 2010 profile was the most compatible with various files and formats. And I have to say until this problem with the AR, I've never had so much as a hiccup with the profile and playback of any files. It does transcode more files, but then it plays them back perfectly, so I don't mind the transcoding.
HandBrake just removes the black useless borders, which is actually how the majority of my mkv files are. With the 2010 profile, 13 out of the last batch of 35 blurays playback in forced 16:9 rather than the correct AR. But that means 22 mkvs ripped with the identical settings with HandBrake
do playback in the correct AR (see first post for MediaInfo for The Search for Spock that plays perfectly, it shows width of 1920, height of 818, the black top/bottom bands removed, and plays perfectly with correct AR). There shouldn't be a difference like that when MediaInfo is identical.
So if I switch to using the 2013 profile, it solves one problem of the AR, but creates another bigger problem where I'll have to re-encode quite a lot of mkv files because they won't play at all with that profile. Here's the MediInfo from one older mkv file that won't play under the 2013 profile that played perfectly under 2010 as an example:
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General
Unique ID : 210877374471077584830567101756911604108 (0x9EA581484110283191940A0B6C6F518C)
Complete name : C:\Movies\- USB 128-2\The Hobbit Trilogy\1 An Unexpected Journey (2012) Ext.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 9.39 GiB
Duration : 3h 2mn
Overall bit rate : 7 363 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-11-02 05:33:41
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.5.0 ('Isn't she lovely') built on Oct 20 2013 12:50:05
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 12 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 3h 2mn
Bit rate : 5 515 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 534 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
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) : 0.337
Stream size : 7.03 GiB (75%)
Writing library : x264 core 140 r2377 1ca7bb9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=12 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=tesa / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.05:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=7 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=16.0 / qcomp=0.75 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.80
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 3h 2mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.92 GiB (20%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : Dolby Digital
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 3h 2mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 251 MiB (3%)
Title : Commentary
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #1
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #2
ID : 5
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : SDH
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #3
ID : 6
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : French
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #4
ID : 7
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : Portuguese
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #5
ID : 8
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : Spanish
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #6
ID : 9
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : Vietnamese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
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