[mythtv-users] Quicktime 1080p mov files smoother than 720p mkv (Debian)

[Raymond Wagner]

Jongi wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 17:16 -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> Robert McNamara wrote:
>> > 2009/4/1 Jongi <jongitech at gmail.com <mailto:jongitech at gmail.com>>:
>> >   
>> >> However when I run 720p mkv files there is some jerkiness.
>> >>     
>> >
>> > What bitrate and encoding options did you use when
>> > encoding the MKV?  Is it CABAC h.264?  higher bitrate than 2-3 Mbit?
>> >   
>> If you used x264, there should be an identifier block at the beginning 
>> of the raw stream.  It should still show up near the beginning of the 
>> matroska file.  Open the file with 'less' and look for something like 
>> "x264 - core 58 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2008 - 
>> http://www.videolan.org/x264.html", followed by a bunch of variables.  
>> Post that block in here <http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users>
>>     
> I really am not sure what it is you are asking me to do. I tried less 
> filename.mkv but that i think is not the output you are talking about
I dont want the whole thing, I just want you to skip a couple pages down 
until you hit that bit of text.  It's a binary file, it will be mostly 
unreadable garbage, but there will be text strings you can find.