TV wont play mpeg-4 visual in mkv, but will play the same stream as avi

[bartkrn]

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Hey,

I just got the office US, and my crappy 32 inch philips only supports srt subtitles.
So the files i got are avi and i downloaded the subtitles i wanted and renamed them, the subtitles won't show so i decided i would just merge them with mkvtoolnix.
After doing this the files played fine on my pc, so i copied them on my flash drive and tried to play them on my tv, but it says it can't read or find the file.
I'm all out of ideas, so i need some help.
The tv i have is the Philips 32pfl5507h/12
I added a screenshot of the supported mediafiles of the tv
the mediainfo of the video file:

General

Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 176 MiB
Duration                                 : 22mn 26s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 1 093 Kbps
Writing application                      : [url=http://www.videohelp.com/software/VirtualdubMOD]VirtualDubMod[/url] 1.5.10.1 (build 2439/release)
Writing library                          : [url=http://www.videohelp.com/software/VirtualdubMOD]VirtualDubMod[/url] build 2439/release

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                           : Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP                   : 2
Format settings, QPel                    : No
Format settings, GMC                     : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode                              : Packed bitstream
Codec ID                                 : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                            : XviD
Duration                                 : 22mn 26s
Bit rate                                 : 956 Kbps
Width                                    : 576 pixels
Height                                   : 320 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (23976/1000) fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.216
Stream size                              : 154 MiB (87%)
Writing library                          : XviD 1.1.0 Beta1 (UTC 2005-01-16)

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Mode                                     : Joint stereo
Mode extension                           : MS Stereo
Codec ID                                 : 55
Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3
Duration                                 : 22mn 26s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 124 Kbps
Minimum bit rate                         : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 19.9 MiB (11%)
Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration             : 148 ms
Writing library                          : LAME3.93 
Encoding settings                        : -m j -V 2 -q 2 -lowpass 19.7 --vbr-old -b 32 

[jagabo]

It says MPEG 4 ASP is supported in MKV. And the Simple@L3 shouldn't be a problem. If the TV can't even find the file there's something else wrong. Put both an AVI and MKV on the thumb drive. Does the TV see either of them?

Do you have reason to believe the TV will play SRT subs muxed into the MKV? Most require the subs to be in a separate file.

[redwudz]

bartkrn, , Do not post the same topic on several forums.
Please do not cross post, once is enough.

In the future if you wish a thread moved, PM a Mod.
More double posts will get both threads deleted.

Moderator redwudz

[bartkrn]

@redwudz Understood

I put both files on my flash drive, the avi with the srt file, and mkv with the srt merged in, i know this works because i tried it before with other files.
The tv sees both the files, the avi works but won't play with subtitles, when i play the mkv it says that it can't read or find the file.

[bartkrn]

I fixed it by using aviaddxsubs, thanks for the support tho