Playing video files on Blu-Ray player

rnishimura

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I have three blu-ray players and last year they would play 98% of movies with no problems. DIVX, XVID, WMV and whatever else. H.264 is OK too. Even in the MKV container format. Even 1080p.

In the last 6 months about 60% of MKV files (usually the HD ones) need to be moved to an MP4 container to work properly. I use "mkvavi2mp4" which does it without re-encoding.

Now most MP4 files don't play on either of them. Re-encoding HD on a Quad Core stinks.

Is there a new encoding method that breaks playback on Blu-Ray players or set-top boxes? It almost makes me think that 90% of encoded releases these days comes from one single "group" or something. Is that even possible?

I realize technology changes so fast, but it's just strange that less and less movies now play.

BTW I don't expect people to post movies that work on my Blu-Ray player. It's just a bonus. IMO nothing beats viewing JAV etc on a big Wooden Console TV! I also just upgraded to a clicker!
 
The most likely cause is that the codecs on your bluray players don't support some features of the recent encoders/containers which would explain why it fail for almost everything new.
To test that theory, try this small sample I just encoded, it's was done with recent and proper software so if it doesn't work, that's likely the cause: http://www.uploadable.ch/file/uarQC4vNhZUa/IESP-085_test_8bit.mkv
I would suggest checking if there are firmware updates for them, it may help.