What kind of PC specs do I need to play this MKV file?

[dave in or]

Just wondering what kind of PC could play this video. Or is there any video hardware that could play it? I can't play it on my blu player because it can't handle anything over 5 reference frames. My current computer is unable to play it - depending on the media player, either the the audio is out of sync or the video is choppy. I've tried recoding and the loss of quality is noticeable.

Here's my current computer:
motherboard is pretty much maxed out, with no pci-e slot
P4 2.4 GHz
533 FSB
2 GB pc2700 RAM
Geforce 6200 AGP card (motherboard is only 4x)
Audigy 2zs soundcard

Here's the file info:

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 7.95 GiB
Duration : 1h 59mn
Overall bit rate : 9 513 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-09-01 15:40:45
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.0.2 ('You're My Flame') built on Feb 21 2007 23:40:55
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate : 9 126 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 816 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.233
Stream size : 7.47 GiB (94%)
Writing library : x264 core 56 svn-667C
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-4:-4 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=4,6 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=9126 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / zones=173169,179370,b=0.15 / aq=1:0.3:15.0
Language : English

Audio
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 59mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 328 MiB (4%)
Language : English

[jagabo]

You need a dual core CPU around 2 GHz or you need a graphics card with hardware h.264 decoding (and the software to go with it -- DX9, DXVA h.264 decoder, player that uses them). You don't have either. You can probably find an ATI AGP card that will work for about US$60.

[Tom Saurus]

dave in or: If you are considering buying a new computer at some point; I recently I bought and i5 computer and I am very happy with what it can do.

[dragonkeeper]

dave in or: If you are considering buying a new computer at some point; I recently I bought and i5 computer and I am very happy with what it can do.

If Money is a concern build an AMD bsaed system, AMD motherboards and CPU are usually much cheaper than their Intel counter parts. Some will argue that the AMD chips don't perform as well as the Intel chips. But for the causal PC users these chips perform superbly the Intel chip will not play a mkv file any better than an AMD chip.

The money saved can go towards a video card or blu-ray burner.

[olyteddy]

dave in or: If you are considering buying a new computer at some point; I recently I bought and i5 computer and I am very happy with what it can do.

If Money is a concern build an AMD bsaed system, AMD motherboards and CPU are usually much cheaper than their Intel counter parts. Some will argue that the AMD chips don't perform as well as the Intel chips. But for the causal PC users these chips perform superbly the Intel chip will not play a mkv file any better than an AMD chip.

The money saved can go towards a video card or blu-ray burner.

But if you do buy a Sandy Bridge i3, i5 or i7 Intel, you won't need a graphics card (HD video is built in).

[edDV]

For the record,

My old P4 2.8 w/ATI Radeon 7550 won't begin to play that kind of file.