Converted MKV files have no video (only audio)

[kimmie]

Hi all,

I convert some of my DVD collection into MKV for better storage. I use the latest version of MakeMKV (MakeMKV v1.5.8 win(x86-release)). It converts them well, and I can play those newly converted MKV files in my PC (Windows 7, using VLC Player).

However when I run those converted MKVs in my home BluRay/DVD/USB player (Brand: Limit, type: BD-M100) it only plays the audio but no video. I searched the internet for this and some said that I might need some 'decoder file' for my player. However, I downloaded many MKV movies from the internet and all of them work well in my home player - only those which I convert myself using MakeMKV didn't have any video.

Please help.. thanks

[Icanseestars]

Your media player only supports H.264 video in the MKV container, the MKV container can hold many different codecs, DVD's use MPEG-2 video so the problem is that your Blu-ray player even though it supports MPEG-2 does not when played from an MKV container.

The only solution is to contact the maker and hope a firmware update will fix it or encode all your video into H.264 by using a program like Handbrake.

[kimmie]

thank you so much for your insight. I will try to use handbrake instead.