Windows Media Player Can't Play Some Outputs

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rossj81
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Windows Media Player Can't Play Some Outputs

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Description of problem or question:
I'm trying to encode a collection of 9 DVDs so I can watch them from my TV, which doesn't have a DVD player attached. 5 DVDs converted successfully to MP4, and play on Windows Media Player and on my TV. The remaining 4 DVDs are seemingly processed successfully by Handbrake, but produce a "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file" error when trying to play them. I have tried both MKV and MP4 containers, H.264, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 codecs, and various speed/quality settings.

Windows file properties shows video and audio codec information on the successful files but doesn't show anything for the broken files, which I interpret to mean that the container is broken, rather than its contents.

I'm limited to the subset of containers and codecs that will work on a Samsung smart TV (https://www.samsung.com/my/support/tv-a ... -supported).

Steps to reproduce the problem:
I'm guessing error reproduction would require the Audio_TS and Video_TS that is causing the problem. Let me know if anyone wants me to share.

One of the DVDs that doesn't work is "Down on the Farm" (https://tractorted.com/products/down-on ... 1853130901).

HandBrake version:
1.5.1

Operating system and version:
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 21H2 (19044.1889)

HandBrake Activity Log:
Activity Log: https://pastebin.com/L8idPdze
Encode attempt 1: https://pastebin.com/QpPgitbJ
Encode attempt 2: https://pastebin.com/3nE5EaFB
Settings.json: https://pastebin.com/2dr6saMN
rossj81
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Re: Windows Media Player Can't Play Some Outputs

Post by rossj81 »

Still having this problem. Any suggestions?
rollin_eng
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Re: Windows Media Player Can't Play Some Outputs

Post by rollin_eng »

What are you using to decrypt the DVDs?

Try ripping with makemkv first.
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