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Hello !

I have been trying to get MKV files converted to WTV with todvrms, but no luck.

What codecs beside mpeg2 can WTV files hold ( video ) ?

I have tried h264, mpeg4, xvid, divx and  and they all fail.

todvrms only remuxes MKV sources to wtv right, or can it use mp4 / avi also ?

AVC/H264 or MPEG2 for video

AC-3 or MPEG Audio

mp4 & avi work too.

Ok.

i have tried almost anything now to get this working.

the mkv file is fine .. i can watch it ok .. h264 video and ac3 audio.

The resulting wtv file is unplayable in both media center and on the extender.

Here is the result of todvrms :

C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\Applications>todvrms.exe C:\Encoding\Process\the.fifth.element.mkv C:\Encoding\Process\the.fifth.element.wtv -wtv -v
Using MPC-HC MKV (babgvant) source filter
MKV Source loaded
File source set
Source filter GUID: 6cb83850-165d-4273-b7cc-3a8cce47ea6b
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 5.1
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 5.1
Get stream pin
Find Video pin
Add AttributeEnable Filter
Connect source to AE pin
Add AVC1toH264 Filter
Connect first pin
Add VA Filter
Connect stream/video pin to mpg analyzer
Get input on SBE
Input pin obtained, connect it
Connected Analyzer pin
Grab the connected pin
Grab the connected pin
Grab the connected pin
Got audio pin
Write MetaDataItem WM/ToolName = todvrms
Write Attributes
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Done waiting
Stop recording
Stop the graph

It seems ok, but i cannot play it in media center .. it says "codec error"

I read somewhere that H264 inside WTV must be High Profile Level 4.1, but x264 info in todvrms says Main, level 5.1 - could this be the problem ?

Thanks.

c0bra:

x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 5.1
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 5.1

I think you have an unwanted filter joining the graph.  This shouldn't be present.

Check/change that the merit for the x264 encoder is set to sw_compressor in the settings tool and reboot.

THank you for your help ..

Now i dont get the x264 info messages, but the resulting file still isn´t playable in media center - "Decoder error"

there could be other filters messing as well.

try playing the file in graphstudio.

you can also use graphstudio to attach to the conversion graph after regsvr32 proppage.dll to check that only required filters are present.

I attached a screenshot with the graph.

Is that graph normal, or is something wrong ?

that's perfect.

does the WTV file play in graphstudio?

you tested that the MKV works?

Yes the wtv file plays perfect in graphstudio and in Windows Media Player, but not in Media Center.

MC says "Decoder error", and so does the Xbox 360 extender.

I forgot to mention .. I have tested this wtv file on two other Windows 7 computers, and media center says the same on all three of them. - "Decoder error"

I have sent you a PM so that you can download the files and see if you can figure out what´s wrong ..

Hmm .. i have done further testing ..

I forgot to mention that the computer i am running todvrms on is a virtual machine ( Windows 7 Ultimate in a Hyper-V environment )

All mpeg2 files converted work fine, but h264 content gets wrong.

I just formatted and reinstalled windows 7 + dvrmstoolbox - but the problem is still the same.

I did the conversion process on a "physical" computer, and - success !! the wtv file works.

What could be the problem on converting just h264 in a virtual machine ?

I solved this by installing haali splitter and using that instead of babgvant matroska source

yeah, that's the problem.

1.0.1.3 fixes it and a few other things:)

I have this same error message ("Decoder Error") on some MP4 files created by MCEBuddy (Mencoder) from DVR-MS files;  I tried playing around with the settings and I think I narrowed it down to the AAC audio in the file that was the issue. 

If I tried to stream copy the audio (mpeg2) from the DVR-MS into an MKV, and then create a WTV it actually worked... but I had real problems with the audio/video sync.  I don't know enough about Mencoder to set it up to stream copy the audio into either MP4 or MKV.

I have installed Haali, and tried different todvrms versions, but all with the same result.  Is there something I'm missing?  Thanks.