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Post by manos147 Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:42 pm

Hello everybody,

I have to deal with an ackward problem.
To be more specific, while mp4 and avi plays just fine with sound and subtitles, I haven't any sound when I play mkv files. The subtitles working fine also with mkv though.


Any thoughts what might cause this problem ?

I use the latest version of standard k-lite codec pack, and my windows version is the 8.1 pro with media center.

Thank you in advance !

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Post by Admin Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:21 pm

Media Center uses a decoder from Microsoft by default for certain audio formats such as AC3 and DTS. It sometimes fails to work properly.

Codec Tweak Tool > MS Codec tweaks > disable the 64-bit MS DTV-DVD audio decoder

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Post by manos147 Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:37 pm

Ok thank you very much for the info.

I'll try this solution and I will post the results.

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Post by manos147 Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:40 pm

Nope this doesn't answer to my problem still the same problem.

Anything else that I could try ????
Just for your info, other mkvs plays with sound, it happens on specific mkvs that the sound stop working !!!

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Post by Admin Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:03 pm

Right-click on a file and choose MediaInfo. There you can see what kind of audio format those files contain. With that information I can maybe give additional tips.

Do those files play correctly in Windows Media Player?

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Post by manos147 Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:52 pm

General
Unique ID                   : 195059638071758908089438295779440746724 (0x92BF1EAA94F9695F88426CBFCF6260E4)
Complete name               : C:\Users***]\Birdman.2014.1080p.BluRay.x264-SPARKS.mkv
Format                      : Matroska
Format version              : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                   : 8.74 GiB
Duration                    : 1h 59mn
Overall bit rate            : 10.5 Mbps
Encoded date                : UTC 2015-02-04 00:22:14
Writing application         : mkvmerge v6.2.0 ('Promised Land') built on Apr 28 2013 12:22:01
Writing library             : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames   : 4 frames
Codec ID                    : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                    : 1h 59mn
Bit rate                    : 8 982 Kbps
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 040 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 1.85:1
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)          : 0.188
Stream size                 : 7.30 GiB (84%)
Writing library             : x264 core 144 r2525 40bb568
Encoding settings           : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / 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=18 / lookahead_threads=3 / 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=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8982 / 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
Default                     : Yes
Forced                      : No

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : DTS
Format/Info                 : Digital Theater Systems
Mode                        : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID                    : A_DTS
Duration                    : 1h 59mn
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                 : 1.26 GiB (14%)
Language                    : English
Default                     : Yes
Forced                      : No


These is the media info from the mkv file that doesn't play the sound.
Yesterday that i tested it, the sound didn't play on both WMC & WMP

Today that i download and install K-Lite Mega Pack, it crashes on both WMC & WMP.... Shocked

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Post by Admin Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:08 pm

DTS audio is handled by the Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio decoder. If you have re-installed the pack, then you may need to disable it again. WMC uses the 64-bit version. WMP uses the 32-bit version.

If you open the open with the GraphStudioNext tool, then you can see which decoder it uses.

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