[LePousson]

A bit more to add to my tests ...

Here is the Media Info of one file that gives picture flickering and many many dropped frames :

General
Unique ID : 219769231059184562779854625614367287041 (0xA55603A8D96429669F1EC177E8DBE701)
Complete name : W:\SERIES TV\THE FLASH (2014)\SAISON 2\2x13.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 1.63 GiB
Duration : 42mn 28s
Overall bit rate : 5 501 Kbps
Movie name : The.Flash.S02E13.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H264-RARBG
Encoded date : UTC 2016-02-21 23:42:11
Writing application : mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.3 + libmatroska v1.4.4
Cover : Yes
Attachments : small_cover.jpg / cover.jpg / cover_land.jpg / small_cover_land.jpg

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 42mn 28s
Bit rate : 5 115 Kbps
Width : 1 916 pixels
Height : 1 076 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (23976/1000) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.103
Stream size : 1.52 GiB (93%)
Title : The.Flash.S02E13.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H264-RARBG
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

And now one that is beeing played perfectly :

General
Unique ID : 218295861994700305535388827510261964736 (0xA43A40F4C9476479B8CF0E00D6AC5FC0)
Complete name : W:\SERIES TV\THE FLASH (2014)\SAISON 2\2x14.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 2.41 GiB
Duration : 41mn 23s
Overall bit rate : 8 328 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-11 22:48:29
Writing application : mkvmerge v8.9.0 ('Father Daughter') 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.3 + libmatroska v1.4.4

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 41mn 22s
Bit rate : 7 686 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.155
Stream size : 2.22 GiB (92%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2665 a01e339
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=17.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

I looked at those infos as I discovered that even after a fresh Win7 install, I still have the problem on file #1 underDSPlayer but also with MPC-HC ...

Do you think it is normal, or at least logical, that madVR doesn't like the first file

LePousson