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does not play .mkv file - jackult - 20th Dec, 2012 04:56 AM

Hello,

I recently updated my xbian to the lastest XBian 1.0 Alpha 3, but when i want to play an .mkv file from my server i only hear sound the screen is black.
A stream from UZG addons works smoothly, i added my codecs to config.txt. Is there anyone who has the same problem to.

Greetz!

RE: does not play .mkv file - rikardo1979 - 20th Dec, 2012 05:28 AM

can you post more details about the files what having an issues with ? mkv is just container info but would be helpfull if you can provide more details like codec, audio/video information, etc
in the meantime you can try change the RAM split from 100 to 128
so do the following from SSH

Code:

nano /boot/config.txt

and change the following

Code:

gpu mem 256=100

Code:

gpu mem 256=128

or if you have Raspberry Pi V2 with 512mb RAM

Code:

gpu mem 512=100

Code:

gpu mem 512=128

RE: does not play .mkv file - BartOtten - 26th Dec, 2012 09:59 AM

You might check if your license keys are valid and enable the hardware support. Try the following

Terminal

# /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd codec_enabled MPG2
MPG2=enabled

# /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd codec_enabled WVC1
WVC1=enabled

Re: does not play .mkv file - rikardo1979 - 26th Dec, 2012 11:08 AM

this would not be the licence issue as mkv is mentioned.
I have experienced exactly same issue and after I did change mem split all is fixed

RE: does not play .mkv file - raspberry_pd - 26th Dec, 2012 02:50 PM

@jackult, you need to supply more information about the files you are trying to play. If you are running Windows, you could try using the MediaTab program discussed in this article:

http://lifehacker.com/5825903/mediatab-puts-detailed-multimedia-info-in-a-windows-explorer-properties-tab