Cannot fastforward DVD's converted to .MKV with MKVTOOLNIX on Samsung LED

[WalkerOfTheDay]

Hi,

I'm quite new to video converting stuff, so forgive my ignorance.

I own a Samsung LED tv (UE37D5720), which has a (very picky) build in media player.
It has the ability to play .VOB files, but it skips for a few seconds when changing to
the next VOB.

So I tried joining the VOB with copy / b VTS_01_1.VOB +VTS_01_2.VOB JOINED.VOB etc. etc.
But for some reason the VOB file gets corrupted when I try to play it.
Also program like VOBMERGE didn't help

So I decided to use MKVTOOLNIX to convert the .VOB files to .MKV (using MKVGUI2 or whatever it's called.)
I selected only main movie, and DTS sound.

It plays perfectly, but unfortunately I cannot fast forward or rewind. Also when I quit watching, and try to continue later, I get no option to start from the point I quit watching.

With other downloaded MKV files I am able to rewind, fastforward.

Any idea's ??

[Baldrick]

Try vob2mpg and get one mpg.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

Thank you for your suggestion (very much appreciated). I will look into that program.

But I still would like to fix the problem with self created MKV files.
I don't get why other MKV files work, and mine doesn't

[Baldrick]

You could try MakeMKV and see if works any better than MKVtoolnix.

But I guess your tv has problems with mkv with mpeg2 video.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

You could try MakeMKV and see if works any better than MKVtoolnix.

But I guess your tv has problems with mkv with mpeg2 video.

Thanx,

Will try MakeMKV when I get home.

But I doubt my tv has problems with mpeg2 video. When I playback the original VOB files
of the same movie, I am able to FFW / RWD.

[Baldrick]

mpeg2 in vob is not same as mpeg2 in mkv.

And if you use mkvtoolnix be sure to disable header compression(File->Options->Disable header removal compression by default). BUt I don't know if it will help with fast forward issues though.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

mpeg2 in vob is not same as mpeg2 in mkv.

And if you use mkvtoolnix be sure to disable header compression(File->Options->Disable header removal compression by default). BUt I don't know if it will help with fast forward issues though.

Thanx, but I'm using version 4.0. Wasn't header removal compression introduced in 4.1 ??

Well I'll try the latest version with header removal compression disabled too.

Many thanks.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

I'm back

So the first thing I'm trying is, is the latest version of MKVTOOLNIX.
Haven't viewed the outputted file on my TV yet, but something strange is going on.

I cannot disable / enable header compression !

I made a little vid of the problem.

http://screencast.com/t/VLOMjvHY

Any ideas ??

EDIT:

NEVERMIND, WAS LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE. MY BAD.

[WalkerOfTheDay]

On a side-note. When I thought the 'copy /b' command was the best way for me,
I started building a (CA Clipper, yes very old DOS Era ) program to create a batchfile for me
to automate the process.
It basically saves you from typing long commands like copy /b VTS_01_01.VOB+VTS_01_02.VOB+VTS_01_03.VOB+VTS_01_0 4.VOB "Harry Potter 4.VOB"


It was for my own personal use, but I was wondering if there's anyone else interested in the
program after I fine tuned it ? Like I said it doesn't even work in my particular case, but if someone
else would like to use it, I'll continue it.

A little preview:

http://screencast.com/t/u7WbO7wIgF0

PS.
The video skip a few frames

[Baldrick]

Like vobmerge ?

[WalkerOfTheDay]

Like vobmerge ?

Yes indeed. But far less advanced I guess

[WalkerOfTheDay]

Well.. I'm back. Like I said in my first post my tv is really picky. But something strange is going on.

Now the VOB's converted to MKV with the latest version of MKVTOOLNIX plays like a charm !!
I can ffw / rwd now !

The one created with MakeMKV freaks out when I het FFW and goes back to the 'system menu', so
MakeMKV doesn't work for me.

Now the strange part.....
The MKV that previously wouldn't FFW / RWD it suddenly does too !

The only thing that has changed that I deleted the corrupted big VOB that was in the same directory...

Very very odd...

Maybe it's time to buy a standalone mediaplayer...