[mythtv-users] Mythvideo (0.23.1) seek problems with Handbrake(0.9.5) DVD "high" profile rips to h.264 MKV

Mike Holden mythtv at mikeholden.org
Fri Jun 17 06:39:37 UTC 2011


lists.md301 wrote:
> I wanted to ask about a problem I've noticed with Mythvideo playback
> of DVD
> ripped using Handbrake 0.9.5 using the preset High quality into MKV
> container.  The short version is that the video playback is confused
> about
> the current playback position whenever seeking/jumping (other than
> chapter
> markers) within the video.  Discontinuities, when starting a seek,
> end up
> jumping backward from the starting point.  Likewise, bookmarks end
> up
> returning to the video at an earlier time.  Finally, the elapsed
> time
> indicator is wrong, and will correct/change at the moment seeking
> begins.
> The longer the video plays, the large the offset.  Apparently it
> there is an
> interaction with changes made in Handbrake, as I've determined that
> half my
> DVD collection that was ripped with the previous Handbrake version
> (0.9.4)
> with same profile does not have this playback problem.
> My question to the list: has anyone else seen this, and is it
> perhaps
> already fixed in 0.24?  It's a problem I can live with, and normally
> I'd
> just wait and upgrade to 0.24 and see, but I've been following
> "random short
> pauses" thread and wanted to wait that out.  Any comments would be
> appreciated, and it might help others who search the archives.  I
> find such
> references useful for myself.

I also use Handbrake to rip to mkv, and I used to see these exact
symptoms in 0.23.

I'm now on a current 0.24, and I no longer see these issues.
-- 
Mike Holden




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