PLaying video Files trouble

[wingunners]

I was just wondering why this box struggles to cope with MKV files. Something really strange happens. When playing MKV files about 3/4GB in size, initially after 5 or so minutes it will start showing the ViX spinner logo (loading) the video pauses and resumes and then plays in a stop start manner. At this time the remote and all other instruction sent to the box become unresponsive stop doesn't stop etc. even though i can see that the command has been sent. is there any cure to this or the reason as to why this happens? The drive I am playing off is an internal hard drive connected directly

[Tkr001]

MKV is just a container. Do you know what the videos are encoded as? I would transcode them to H264 if they are not that already and see how they play. You can use something like Handbrake to transcode.

[Trial]

Hi,
when the mkv contains some sub titles it sometimes can happen have I read. So do you have subtitles in your MKV? If yes remux without subtitles.

ciao

[wingunners]

one of the main reasons i got this was so i wouldn't have to transcode and i could plug and play nonetheless they are H264 - mpeg4 avc with 2 audio tracks dts and ac3. Could lack of flash memory be a cause of this?. secondly, i like subtitles. how can i have them and not cause it to go crazy.

[Trial]

Hi,
did you try remuxing with less subtitles?

I just saw you use a DUO. Try activating swap and use plugin cacheflush.

ciao