Panasonic Smart tv won't play 'some' mkv files.

[Gudmann]

Hi everybody.

I'm almost at the point of ripping my hair out of my head, so i hope someone can help me.

It can play this:

General
Unique ID : 203438903320308461048996425089411310624 (0x990CE856E308EDB38BCF2673A885E420)
Complete name : F:\Film og Serier\Anime\Fullmetal ALchemist BrotherHood[Blu Ray] [Dual-Audio]\Fullmetal Alchemist BrotherHood 01.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 315 MiB
Duration : 24mn 27s
Overall bit rate : 1 803 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-19 00:41:44
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.6.0 ('Kenya Kane') built on May 27 2012 16:44:04
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0
Attachment : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 10 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 24mn 27s
Nominal bit rate : 1 500 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
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) : 0.068
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1683 62997d6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=10 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=10 / 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_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=2:0.60
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #1
ID : 4
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 24mn 27s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 5
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 24mn 27s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9ms
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 2
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : [ASS]
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : [ASS] [FOR DUB]
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu #1
00:00:00.000 : en:Prologue
00:00:58.800 : en:Opening
00:02:28.857 : en:Part A
00:10:55.238 : :Part B
00:22:27.555 : en:Ending
00:23:57.353 : en:Preview

Menu #2
00:00:00.054 : en:00:00:00.054 / en:00:00:00.054





But it can't play this:

General
Unique ID : 214419814124769709937354360232999062172 (0xA14FC10AAF41582286A51838E1930A9C)
Complete name : F:\Film og Serier\Anime\Elfen Lied\[Daman] Elfen Lied 01 [1280x720_Blu_Ray_Dual_Audio_FLAC][71978425].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 861 MiB
Duration : 25mn 12s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 4 773 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-31 05:43:42
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.6.0 ('Kenya Kane') built on May 27 2012 16:44:04
Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High 10@L5.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 25mn 12s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Elfen Lied Episode 01
Writing library : x264 core 125 r2208 d9d2288
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / 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=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=16.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 25mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 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 : 80.8 MiB (9%)
Title : English 5.1ch AC-3 448Kbps
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Codec ID : A_FLAC
Duration : 25mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Title : Japanese 5.1ch FLAC
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
Language : Japanese
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 4
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : OP/ED/Signs
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text #2
ID : 5
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : English Subtitles
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

I don't have much knowledge of what all this means, but after some google'ing i found out it probably has something to do with it.
So i hope it does, and i hope someone can help me figure it out, and maybe guide me through what to do.

Thanks in advance.

[videobruger]

Perhaps because the second is "Format profile : High 10@L5.0" instead of "Format profile : High@L5.0". 10 refers to a 10 bit depth is used instead of 8. Perhaps your manual says something. You need to re-encode the second. You could try Xmedia Recode. It has preseet for Panasonic TV.

[Gudmann]

Perhaps because the second is "Format profile : High 10@L5.0" instead of "Format profile : High@L5.0". 10 refers to a 10 bit depth is used instead of 8. Perhaps your manual says something. You need to re-encode the second. You could try Xmedia Recode. It has preseet for Panasonic TV.

Thanks for the answer. I will try this and see if it works.

[jman98]

FLAC audio in the 2nd file is extremely unlikely to be an audio format that a TV media player will support, let alone the fact that this one is multichannel which is even less likely to be supported. It could also be that even if you fix the video issue (I too think that 10 bit is very likely a problem) that this FLAC audio either won't play at all or will cause the entire file to not play.

[videobruger]

jman is probably right about FLAC. However, if you re-encode with Xmedia Recode you should get an AC3 audio.

[jagabo]

Almost nothing outside a computer can play 10 bit h.264. Also settings like 16 reference frames and 16 bframes are problematic for most devices. Stick with High@L4.1 or lower for compatibility.