PS3 plays for a bit then starts a strange skipping.

I want you all to know that I love Serviio and think it's great...

Now to my question.

With the most recent install of serviio w/o changing any of the config my PS3 will start to play then suddenly start a strange skipping. It's like it plays the video it seems to skip every other second. I can show a phone video of what it's doing if need-be.

One of the videos I'm talking about has these specs:

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Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 2
File size                                : 3.28 GiB
Duration                                 : 1h 32mn
Overall bit rate                         : 5 055 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2011-07-26 01:26:08
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v4.9.1 ('Ich will') built on Jul 11 2011 23:53:15
Writing library                          : libebml v1.2.1 + libmatroska v1.1.1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 32mn
Bit rate                                 : 4 414 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.200
Stream size                              : 2.80 GiB (85%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 116 r2037 f8ebd4a
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4414 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : English
Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
Duration                                 : 1h 32mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 425 MiB (13%)


any ideas?

Thanks

[Cerberus]

try remuxing with latest mkvmerge.

try remuxing with latest mkvmerge.

Thanks for the reply.

I've updated my mkvtoolnix to 5.3.0 today. Problem still there. The strange thing is that the movie plays fine on my xbmc box, and on a sony bluray player. Only the PS3 seems to have the problem.

[PMI]

If the video used to play with an older version of serviio (before you installed the update), then the problem may be the version of ffmpeg installed along with the serviio update.

If that is the case (used to play, and now it skips), Cerberus may be able to suggest another build of ffmpeg you can use for now, or you can just go back to the previous ffmpeg version that worked for you, until the problem is sorted.

can you please post the date of the ffmpeg.exe file in your ...\serviio\lib directory?

[Cerberus]

If the video used to play with an older version of serviio (before you installed the update), then the problem may be the version of ffmpeg installed along with the serviio update.

If that is the case (used to play, and now it skips), Cerberus may be able to suggest another build of ffmpeg you can use for now, or you can just go back to the previous ffmpeg version that worked for you, until the problem is sorted.

can you please post the date of the ffmpeg.exe file in your ...\serviio\lib directory?

nope no fix for ffmpeg atm reverting back to 0.6.0.1 will fix it but you loose online streaming.

NOTE: if possible send me the file so i can test here on my setup.