CDL 1.6, problem with chapters (formerly 'mkv info not read by TCMP')

[Beastie Boy]

I have muxed 2 seperate movies using mkvtoolnix 0.7.2 and as far as I am aware, both were done the same way. However, when played back in The Core Media Player with Matroska CDL 1.3, only movie 1 plays back at the correct aspect ratio.
Under Media Properties/Matroska Info, Movie 1 has 2 tracks listed (audio and video). Movie 2 does not show any tracks.
Below is the text file from mkvinfo for both movies.

Movie 1:
(MKVInfo) + EBML head at 0
(MKVInfo) + Segment at 24
(MKVInfo) |+ Seek head at 33
(MKVInfo) | + Seek entry at 38
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x11 0x4d 0x9b 0x74 (KaxSeekHead) at 41
(MKVInfo) | + Seek position: 3883741010 at 48
(MKVInfo) | + Seek entry at 55
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x1c 0x53 0xbb 0x6b (KaxCues) at 58
(MKVInfo) | + Seek position: 3883630629 at 65
(MKVInfo) | + Seek entry at 72
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x10 0x43 0xa7 0x70 (KaxChapters) at 75
(MKVInfo) | + Seek position: 359 at 82
(MKVInfo) |+ EbmlVoid (size: 46) at 87
(MKVInfo) |+ Segment information at 135
(MKVInfo) | + Muxing application: libebml v0.6.0 + libmatroska v0.5.2 at 140
(MKVInfo) | + Writing application: mkvmerge v0.7.2 at 178
(MKVInfo) | + Duration: 7957.920s at 196
(MKVInfo) | + Date: Sun Oct 19 16:03:30 2003 UTC at 203
(MKVInfo) | + Segment UID: 0x6c 0xb6 0x8a 0x1c 0x44 0xa0 0x49 0xdc 0xa6 0xba 0xc1 0xa4 0x48 0x5c 0xed 0xf7 at 214
(MKVInfo) |+ Segment tracks at 233
(MKVInfo) | + A track at 239
(MKVInfo) | + Track number: 1 at 241
(MKVInfo) | + Track UID: 584758632 at 244
(MKVInfo) | + Track type: audio at 251
(MKVInfo) | + Codec ID: A_AC3 at 254
(MKVInfo) | + Audio track at 261
(MKVInfo) | + Sampling frequency: 48000.000000 at 263
(MKVInfo) | + Channels: 6 at 269
(MKVInfo) | + A track at 272
(MKVInfo) | + Track number: 2 at 274
(MKVInfo) | + Track UID: 3929327938 at 277
(MKVInfo) | + Track type: video at 284
(MKVInfo) | + MinCache: 1 at 287
(MKVInfo) | + Codec ID: V_MS/VFW/FOURCC at 291
(MKVInfo) | + CodecPrivate, length 46 (FourCC: WMV3, 0x33564d57) at 308
(MKVInfo) | + MaxCache: 1 at 357
(MKVInfo) | + Default duration: 40.000ms (25.000 fps for a video track) at 361
(MKVInfo) | + Video track at 369
(MKVInfo) | + Pixel width: 704 at 371
(MKVInfo) | + Pixel height: 424 at 375
(MKVInfo) | + Display width: 1026 at 379
(MKVInfo) | + Display height: 424 at 384
(MKVInfo) | + Lacing flag: 0 at 389

Chapters here

(MKVInfo) |+ Cluster at 1668

Movie 2:
(MKVInfo) + EBML head at 0
(MKVInfo) + Segment at 24
(MKVInfo) |+ Seek head at 33
(MKVInfo) | + Seek entry at 38
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x11 0x4d 0x9b 0x74 (KaxSeekHead) at 41
(MKVInfo) | + Seek position: 4604661274 at 48
(MKVInfo) | + Seek entry at 56
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x1c 0x53 0xbb 0x6b (KaxCues) at 59
(MKVInfo) | + Seek position: 4604582155 at 66
(MKVInfo) |+ EbmlVoid (size: 59) at 74
(MKVInfo) |+ Segment information at 135
(MKVInfo) | + Muxing application: libebml v0.6.0 + libmatroska v0.5.2 at 140
(MKVInfo) | + Writing application: mkvmerge v0.7.2 at 178
(MKVInfo) | + Duration: 9594.592s at 196
(MKVInfo) | + Date: Fri Oct 31 08:51:02 2003 UTC at 203
(MKVInfo) | + Title: Gangs of New York at 214
(MKVInfo) | + Segment UID: 0x73 0xc1 0xdd 0x53 0x6a 0xb3 0xd2 0x27 0xb0 0x22 0x39 0x71 0x97 0x67 0x9e 0x3e at 234
(MKVInfo) |+ Segment tracks at 253
(MKVInfo) | + A track at 259
(MKVInfo) | + Track number: 1 at 261
(MKVInfo) | + Track UID: 952392176 at 264
(MKVInfo) | + Track type: audio at 271
(MKVInfo) | + Codec ID: A_AC3 at 274
(MKVInfo) | + Audio track at 281
(MKVInfo) | + Sampling frequency: 48000.000000 at 283
(MKVInfo) | + Channels: 6 at 289
(MKVInfo) | + A track at 292
(MKVInfo) | + Track number: 2 at 294
(MKVInfo) | + Track UID: 2966040204 at 297
(MKVInfo) | + Track type: video at 304
(MKVInfo) | + MinCache: 1 at 307
(MKVInfo) | + Codec ID: V_MS/VFW/FOURCC at 311
(MKVInfo) | + CodecPrivate, length 46 (FourCC: WMV3, 0x33564d57) at 328
(MKVInfo) | + MaxCache: 1 at 377
(MKVInfo) | + Default duration: 40.000ms (25.000 fps for a video track) at 381
(MKVInfo) | + Video track at 389
(MKVInfo) | + Pixel width: 704 at 391
(MKVInfo) | + Pixel height: 432 at 395
(MKVInfo) | + Display width: 1024 at 399
(MKVInfo) | + Display height: 432 at 404
(MKVInfo) | + Lacing flag: 0 at 409
(MKVInfo) |+ Cluster at 412

I am sure that both movies were muxed in exactly the same way so any info as to where I may have gone wrong would be very much appreciated.

Cheers, Beastie.

[Atamido]

What happens if you update to CDL 1.6? (http://cvs.corecodec.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/matroska/doc/website/downloads/shellextension/index.html)

[Beastie Boy]

Thanks Pamel, Movie 2 now plays perfectly. But now Movie 1 causes TCMP to freeze with 100% CPU usage, as do 2 other mkv files that I have.
All these files play in MPC, but not at the correct AR as the mkv info is not read.
I am using TCMP v4 RC4 build 44 and CDL 1.6.

Yours, confused, Beastie. :confused:

EDIT: The only difference between these four files that I can think of is that movie 2 (the one that now plays) does not contain chapters whereas the others do. Could CDL 1.6 have a problem with chapters?

[Beastie Boy]

I can confirm that the problem is definately related to chapters. I took the same movie and muxed it twice, once with chapters and once without. The one without chapters plays fine at the correct AR, the one with chapters causes TCMP to freeze on opening.

Here's my method for including chapters using mkvtoolnix 0.7.2 in case that is the problem:

1)Using the chapter editor, I open the OGG format chapter file created by DVDDecrypter.

2)Save the chapter file in xml format.

3)Load the xml chapter file under Global/Chapters/Chapter file. The Charset field is left blank as I don't know which option to choose.

Is this correct? If so, would it be worth trying an older version of the CDL if they are still available.

Many thanks.

Cheers, Beastie.