[mythtv-users] Problem playing back videos encoded by Handbrake

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Anthony Giggins
<seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
>
>
>>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Anthony Giggins
>>> <seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've encoded a few kids DVD with Handbrake in windows recently using the
>>>> normal profile to mkv but none of them can be played by mythtv 0.22-
>>>
>>> fixes
>>>>
>>>> from rpmfusion running on Mythdora10.21, I'm pretty sure I have other
>>>
>>> mkv's
>>>>
>>>> that I didn't encode myself that work fine
>>>>
>>>> 2010-01-31 14:49:35.966 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching Video, main) --
>>>
>>> begin
>>>>
>>>> 2010-01-31 14:49:36.464 AFD Error: Could not open codec 0x62c18d0,
>>>
>>> id(AAC)
>>>>
>>>> type(Audio) aborting. reason -1
>>>> 2010-01-31 14:49:36.464 NVP(0): Disabling Audio, params(-1,-1,-1)
>>>> 2010-01-31 14:49:36.464 Couldn't open decoder for: /storage2/videos/Kids
>>>> Shows/Elmo's World - Dancing, Music & Books.mkv
>>>> 2010-01-31 14:49:36.464 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching Video, main) -- end
>>>> error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone shed some light on this or provide what settings work for
>>>
>>> them in
>>>>
>>>> handbrake to allow playback in mythtv?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> Your error relates to the AAC audio stream - not sure why you're
>>> having problems with it, but try MP3 (or AC3 passthrough) instead.
>>
>> Thanks Everyone AC3 passthru works great, seems faac is the issue???? Not
>> sure why and also I have no options for mp3 audio in Handbrake.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Anthony
>
> I found handbrake 0.9.4 for windows now has mp3(lame) support but using this
> produces files that play with no sound, in mythtv but fine in windows. I
> haven't checked the logs yet but I thought I'd post my find my findings

Are you playing back a non 48khz stream to a digital output (spdif or hdmi)?