"Frame too big"

[Lupissimo]

I have a med 500:
When I play a 1080x720 xvid file in an avi container it plays without problem. If I change the container from avi to mkv by just remuxing the avi file with mkvmerge the video is not played back with the error message : frame too big.
Any explanation for this behaviour?

This is the info of the avi file:
Play duration: 02:12:58 (7977.52 s)
Container type: AVI OpenDML indexes multi-chunks (*)
Number of streams: 2
Type of stream nr. 0: video
Type of stream nr. 1: audio
Audio streams: 1
ISFT: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
JUNK: VirtualDubMod build 2540/release

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 1280 x 720
Width: multiple of 32
Height: multiple of 16

[ Video track ]

FourCC: XVID/XVID
Resolution: 1280 x 720
Frame aspect ratio: 16:9 = 1.777777
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 16:9 = 1.777777
Framerate: 25 fps
Number of frames: 199438 (134231)
Stream size: 3,098,416,792 bytes
Bitrate: 3107.147877 kbps
Qf: 0.134858
Key frames: 1766 (0; 190; 285; 530; 695; ... 199390)
Null frames: 0
Min key int: 1
Max key int: 302
Avg key int: 112.932049
Delay: 0 ms

[ Audio track ]

Audio tag: 0x2000 (AC3)
Bitrate (container): 192 kbps CBR
Channels (container): 2
Sample rate (container): 48000 Hz
Chunks: 199348
Stream size: 191,385,600 bytes
Preload: 512 ms
Max A/V diff: 536 ms
Chunk-aligned: Yes
Mode: dolby
Delay: 0 ms

[ About MPEG4 encoding ]

User data: XviD0064
QPel: No
GMC: No
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: H.263

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: 1280 x 720 > 720 x 576
Framerate: Ok
Warning: If you need a more complete report, then click on "DRF analysis"

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 16 nov 2011, h 23:00:24

and this of the mkv file:

[ Generic infos ]

Play duration: 02:12:58 (7977.52 s)
Container type: matroska
Creation time: 16/11/2011 21:37:33 UTC
Number of streams: 2
Type of stream nr. 1: video (V_MS/VFW/FOURCC)
Type of stream nr. 2: audio (A_AC3)
Audio streams: 1
Muxing Application: libebml v1.2.2 + libmatroska v1.3.0
Writing Application: mkvmerge v5.0.1 ('Es ist Sommer') built on Oct  9 2011 11:55:43

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 1280 x 720
Width: multiple of 32
Height: multiple of 16

[ Video track ]

Codec ID: V_MS/VFW/FOURCC
Resolution: 1280 x 720
Frame aspect ratio: 16:9 = 1.777777
Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1 = 1
Display aspect ratio: 16:9 = 1.777777
Framerate: 25 fps

[ Audio track ]

Codec ID: A_AC3
Channels (container): 2
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
Mode: dolby

[ About MPEG4 encoding ]

User data: XviD0064
QPel: No
GMC: No
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: H.263

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: 1280 x 720 > 720 x 576
Framerate: Ok
Warning: If you need a more complete report, then click on "DRF analysis"

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 16 nov 2011, h 23:02:03

If I change the codec ID in the mkv  file from :V_MS/VFW/FOURCC to XVID/XVID as in the avi, sound is played but no video is shown.

Anxious to get an explanation 

Lupissimo

[jer1956]

Please post mediainfo data for the mkv.

[Lupissimo]

Allthough all info is allready above, here it is just in a different format:
General
Unique ID                        : 207989701865359097260914325949597993241 (0x9C795C07D7AD5744B0293A16A5E5C919)
Complete name                    : E:\ThumGen\As.Good.As.It.Gets.1997.720p\As.Good.As.It.Gets.1997.720p.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
Format version                   : Version 2
File size                        : 3.07 GiB
Duration                         : 2h 12mn
Overall bit rate                 : 3 301 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-11-16 21:37:33
Writing application              : mkvmerge v5.0.1 ('Es ist Sommer') built on Oct  9 2011 11:55:43
Writing library                  : libebml v1.2.2 + libmatroska v1.3.0

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 2h 12mn
Bit rate                         : 3 043 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.132
Stream size                      : 2.83 GiB (92%)
Writing library                  : XviD 64
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : Yes

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Format profile                   : Dolby Digital
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : A_AC3
Duration                         : 2h 12mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 183 MiB (6%)
Language                         : English
Default                          : Yes
Forced                           : No

To me it looks as if Med 500X doesnot allow >_ 720p + Xvid in an mkv container :

"If I change the codec ID in the mkv  file from :V_MS/VFW/FOURCC to XVID/XVID as in the avi, sound is played but no video is shown."

[jer1956]

You could be right...H263 might be an SD only codec.

[Lupissimo]

There is no problem playing the file on a PC, so it has to be a Realtek specialty 

[jer1956]

A pc will play  anything...it's not a good reference for a mediaplayer.

[pet8er]

Got a similir issue with an mkv as well.  Strange thing is the same file will play fine on a 300x just bought about a month ago.  Mmm.  no more firmware is availalble for the 500x.  But maybe there is a "fix" that could be downloaded to address this.......

[jer1956]

All unplayable media ends up having to be transcoded. I had to trancode all my XVids to H264 some time ago due to poor deinterlacing.