[deathlord]

Hi,

I just found a weird problem with one of my mkv files. The file contains two dts streams with identical format. However only #1 can be played, #2 produces crackling and noise over the sound (but can still hear the sound behind it).

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 3h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 755 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.10 GiB (4%)
Language : German

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 3h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 755 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.10 GiB (4%)
Language : English

Any ideas how I can fix this? :confused2:

[D-tyme]

there could be 50 different reasons. None of them really pointing to a XBMC issue. Out of curiosity only, post the entire media info summary...

[deathlord]

Format : Matroska
File size : 26.8 GiB
Duration : 3h 28mn
Overall bit rate : 18.4 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-08-03 12:22:15
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.2.0 ('Turn It On Again') built on Mar 4 2008 12:58:26
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@high
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 3h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 16.5 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 17.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 088 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.330
Stream size : 24.0 GiB (90%)
Writing library : TMPGEnc 2.58.44.152
Language : English

Here's the rest.

The strange thing is, that I just tried Plex (which is usually the one bitching with DTS audio) and there it's working just fine. So I guess I'll just have to live with it for now.

[D-tyme]

Hmm...my initial thoughts was a possible DTS-HD lossless core track got converted to a DTS track incorrectly/accidentally; as that would cause the same issue. Typically you wouldn't have 2 identical DTS tracks in the same title binder.

[bmcclure937]

Is it just me, or is this simply because one audio track has German audio and one has English. Can't you just remove the one track and move along

[deathlord]

Of course I could remove the track, if I did not want to keep those two languages for all my files, and even more important, if I wanted to get rid of one it's the German track I would get rid of, not the English one, which unfortunately is the one that's not working.

However since it's working in Plex and VLC, I don't want to get rid of the faulty track as long as I don't have a better encode

Maybe I'll try to reconvert the track some day, or I'll just rerip it lossless next time. I am slowly changing my library to lossless anyway.