MKV video files

[Scott Blair]

At this point I'm sure it is a missing codec. I have restrictive
extras and add ons installed still not working. A google
search led to others having the opposite problem, they
have sound but no video. No solutions for them either.

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Scott Blair

save on backup time: BackUpDevice=null 

On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 09:00 +0100, Pete Smout wrote:

> I have always had audio probs with .mkv's on ubuntu and its
> derivatives, normally going out of sync with the video.
> 
> Strangely my pi based media centre plays them without issue (raspbmc
> with the mpeg2 codecs purchased) wether the codecs are what does it I
> don't know! 
> 
> If you find an answer I will be interested to have it aswell !
> I'd put the problems down to my ageing hardware but I could be wrong!
> 
> Pete S
> 
> 
> On Oct 21, 2014 2:30 AM, "Scott Blair" <scott.blair at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Side note: I can use winff to convert to another file form and it
> works.
> > But winff taxes my system pretty hard, CPU fan come on a lot. I
> would
> > rather be able to watch them in MKV format.
> >
> > -- 
> >
> >
> > Scott Blair
> >
> > save on backup time: BackUpDevice=null 
> >
> > On Mon, 2014-10-20 at 21:20 -0400, Scott Blair wrote:
> >>
> >> I  have a few videos in the MKV format. The video is fine, the
> music
> >> is fine, the sound effects are fine. But the audio of the actors is
> too
> >> low to hear or just gone. I used the video player that comes
> standard
> >> with Ubuntu and VLC still the same result. Any suggestions?
> >>
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