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I have been using XBMC on my ATV2 for a short period of time. I have ripped a few of my DVDs and put them in my XMBC library, but I must not have the right format because everyone that I ripped has caused XBMC to crash(shut down). I have been using handbrake to rip my DVDs. I have tried the ATV2 and Normal settings for ripping the DVDs. My PC can play the files just fine, but they will not play using XBMC. Can anyone help with this?

mediainfo of the file is helpful to post on pastebin and link back here

Here is the info...

General
Complete name : F:\PUBLIC\Video\Movies\Avatar\Avatar.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 3.12 GiB
Duration : 2h 41mn
Overall bit rate : 2 760 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-09 17:20:27
Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-09 20:49:07
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.5 2011010300

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 41mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 146 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 19.965 fps
Maximum frame rate : 154.374 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.259
Stream size : 2.42 GiB (78%)
Writing library : x264 core 112
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=0 / open_gop=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=9500 / vbv_bufsize=9500 / crf_max=0.0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=none
Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-09 17:20:27
Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-09 20:49:07
Material_Duration : 9702040
Material_StreamSize : 2602348977
Material_FrameCount : 232626
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 41mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 297 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 185 MiB (6%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-09 17:20:27
Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-09 20:49:07
Material_Duration : 9702037
Material_StreamSize : 194006120

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : ac-3
Duration : 2h 41mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 518 MiB (16%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-09 17:20:27
Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-09 20:49:07
Material_Duration : 9702016
Material_StreamSize : 543312896

Text
ID : 4
Format : Apple text
Codec ID : text
Duration : 2h 41mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 bps
Stream size : 831 Bytes (0%)
Encoded date : UTC 2011-06-09 17:20:27
Tagged date : UTC 2011-06-09 20:49:07
Material_Duration : 9702040
Material_StreamSize : 831

See if "Allow Hardware Acceleration (Videotoolbox)" is selected in
System->Settings->Video->Playback. If it is selected (which it was by default in my setup with ATV2) DESELECT it (blue dot OFF). This solved a similar problem with my ATV2 and a movie ripped by HandBrake which would play on my MAC mini, but would abort XBMC.

I don't know why, but when I deselected the option the problem went away.

Best of luck