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Every 4K Rip Stutters at SAME POINT During Playback [Asus BW-16D1HT (3.10MK)]
Post by krizzz » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:27 pm

None of the 4K rips I create playback properly. They all stutter.

This is not random stutter because of network issues or computer resources. I ran the file locally, monitored all resources and everything is fine.

Tried playback on different computers and again, the same behavior.

Stutter occurs at the EXACT same point in each movie on every playback.

Symptoms are the same on every 4K rip I have made.

I ripped directly from disc (same movie twice) using MakeMKV.

- Tried 1.15.1 and 1.15.4

I extracted the whole ISO using AnyDVD HD and then used MakeMKV with the ISO.

I extracted the whole ISO using AnyDVD HD and then used DVDFab with the ISO.

Same behavior on every playback.

The only thing I can think of that hasn't been isolated is either the drive or the firmware.

I don't know how to properly flash the firmware without making it "unfriendly".

What firmware I should even try.

Where to get the firmware files.

Any help is appreciated!


Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Current profile: BD-ROM
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1HT
Revision: 3.10
Serial number: KL7K9OB4300
Firmware date: 2119-01-04 10:14
Bus encryption flags: 1F
Highest AACS version: 76

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: MT1959
Firmware type: Patched (microcode access re-enabled)
Firmware version: 3.10
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Disc Information
Label: THE HOBBIT AUJ EXT
Timestamp: 2020-09-17 21:24:31
Data capacity: 77.57 Gb
Disc type: BD-ROM UHD
Number of layers: 3
Bus encryption flags: 80

The logic you are missing: It's your player / playing setup.

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:27 pm

The logic you are missing: It's your player / playing setup.

@Coopervid
Thanks for the reply. Totally open to following up on this, but having a helluva time trying to find a good 4K MKV player. Been messing with VLC for days and no joy. Don't want to drop money on one of the many garbage programs I have seen posted on the forums.

Any recommendations?

Follow up to that, found software called "PotPlayer" which does play the movies, but they still stutter.

How about rip to folder and play the non-mkv m2ts file?

What's your pc specs

Primary HTPC

i3 Caby Lake
8 GB RAM
SSD

No high utilization on any of the components. If there were random lag, I would suspect performance, but it's always the same places where the movie stutters.

Also stutters on other systems.

Yeah i3 7th gen should have h.265 decoding

I prefer MPV (https://mpv.io) to VLC. It might be worth a try.