[wipp]

Starting with libebml-0.8.0 / libmatroska-0.9.0, xbmc (dharma / 10.0) plays my mkv files without sound (also tried libebml-1.0.0 / libmatroska-1.0.0).
Files created with libebml-0.7.8 / libmatroska-0.8.1 play fine.
VLC and newer versions of mplayer work fine, even with the new mkv files - gnome's totem seems to have the same problems as xbmc.

Is somebody experiencing something similar?
Is there a chance that xbmc will work witch the newer versions in the near future or should I start to remux my mkv's using the old versions?

[wipp]

Seems like this problem occurs only for a few special mpeg files which I extracted from some transport streams.
I found out that mkclean fixed my files (unfortunately files greater than 2 GB are truncated). So I think that this is an issue of the new mkv libraries.

[cfm56]

All my MKV's now have no sound in Dharma 10, but they ALL worked fine in a previous version of XBMC. Did you find a fix for this? Your post seemed to imply it was a problem with how the MKV's were encoded. ...can Dharma run with the older libraries that do work? This problem has killed half my video library, and I also am seeing that Movie player and VLC work fine.. Would love some ideas..

[wipp]

I found out that mkclean fixed my files (unfortunately files greater than 2 GB are truncated).
Alternatively you could try to downgrade libeml and libmatroska and then remux the matroska files isung mkvmerge (worked for me).

Hope that helps.

[cfm56]

Thanks for the post... Just to clarify however. If ALL my mkv's played fine in the pre-dharma release of XBMC, wouldn't that imply that the dharma uses libraries that are new and incompatible with some MKV's depending on which libraries they were originally encoded with? Can I just install older matroska files into Dharma? (All of my MKV's are +4GB so... I'm kinda hosed). I can't believe were the only ones having this issue?

[cfm56]

A complete purge, and reinstall fixed all my issues, now all mkv's play fine... go figure...