Any WDTV Live (gen2) users have problems with branched...
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:39 pm
I have a WDTV Live (the 2nd version of their box). Aside from a few glaring issues with it, it has been a great media player when used in conjunction with MakeMKV.
One of it's two glaring issues is that it downmixes 5.1 AC3 tracks to stereo poorly.
The other issue is that when it plays an .mkv that was created from a BD with branching, it lags slightly where the segments change - which slowly causes the audio to desync. This is a slightly annoying problem with discs like the Alien movies, where you can choose which version you want to watch - thus the streams are comprised of maybe 3 or 4 segments (creating 3 or 4 instances of 'lag' during playback on the WDTV Live).
It is a HUGE problem with discs like that last Twilight movie, where the studio decided to try to befuddle rippers with 'fake' streams - and each stream has like 30 segments. That creates a 'lag' spot about every 2-3 minutes during playback.
Just wondering if any of you use a WDTV Live and have experienced this issue; and if so, is there a workaround short of buying a different player.
For the record, I've tried using tsMuxer to create an .m2ts file instead and I get similar results. So I'm fairly certain it's an issue with the player and not the rip process. MKV's (and .m2ts) files that are created from a single segment on the disc play perfectly.
One of it's two glaring issues is that it downmixes 5.1 AC3 tracks to stereo poorly.
The other issue is that when it plays an .mkv that was created from a BD with branching, it lags slightly where the segments change - which slowly causes the audio to desync. This is a slightly annoying problem with discs like the Alien movies, where you can choose which version you want to watch - thus the streams are comprised of maybe 3 or 4 segments (creating 3 or 4 instances of 'lag' during playback on the WDTV Live).
It is a HUGE problem with discs like that last Twilight movie, where the studio decided to try to befuddle rippers with 'fake' streams - and each stream has like 30 segments. That creates a 'lag' spot about every 2-3 minutes during playback.
Just wondering if any of you use a WDTV Live and have experienced this issue; and if so, is there a workaround short of buying a different player.
For the record, I've tried using tsMuxer to create an .m2ts file instead and I get similar results. So I'm fairly certain it's an issue with the player and not the rip process. MKV's (and .m2ts) files that are created from a single segment on the disc play perfectly.