Viewing .mkv files

stefano

It's a Dell Inspiron Mini, with an Intel Atom processor, and how do I find out about my cpu type, RAM fitted and graphics card?

Patrick20

stefano wrote: »

It's a Dell Inspiron Mini, with an Intel Atom processor, and how do I find out about my cpu type, RAM fitted and graphics card?

I can't play .mkv files(well i can play if they aren't hd) on my studio 15 which is a decent powered laptop. I can play bluray discs and have a hd screen so I thought it could handle it. I doubt your netbook will be powerful enough.

aliEnRIK

Patrick20 wrote: »

I can't play .mkv files(well i can play if they aren't hd) on my studio 15 which is a decent powered laptop. I can play bluray discs and have a hd screen so I thought it could handle it. I doubt your netbook will be powerful enough.

If you can play 1080P bluray discs then im pretty sure you can play MKV files. Your settings must be wrong somewhere

bat999

Those mkv files can contain 'virtually anything'.
Here:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_media_containers

Maybe the best way is to use MediaInfo to find out what's inside.
MediaInfo:-http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Patrick20

aliEnRIK wrote: »

If you can play 1080P bluray discs then im pretty sure you can play MKV files. Your settings must be wrong somewhere

I thought maybe reading data from the hard drive and searching for parts would take more resources than a bluray since i would imagine that all the parts on the bluray had been arranged to optimise the speed? If thats not right what would you think would be wrong with my setup?

aliEnRIK

Patrick20 wrote: »

I thought maybe reading data from the hard drive and searching for parts would take more resources than a bluray since i would imagine that all the parts on the bluray had been arranged to optimise the speed? If thats not right what would you think would be wrong with my setup?

id guess your using the wrong program/codecs

That said, maybe somethings running on your computer that shouldnt be thats making the hardrive slow down

Patrick20

aliEnRIK wrote: »

id guess your using the wrong program/codecs

That said, maybe somethings running on your computer that shouldnt be thats making the hardrive slow down

I've just got a new hard drive so thats not it. And I'm playing on km player. The files plays for me just very slow and it skips bits. It sometimes plays smaller files no problem but movies don't work.

aliEnRIK

Try klite then ~
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_codec_pack.htm

(Bear in mind that you watch what your doing. If you select media player classic as the main player then youll probably upset all the settings as to what plays what. Personally id unselect everything and ONLY select MKV for classic to play ~ at least for now)

fenlander_uk

Your PC is a netbook, so it's very low-powered. The original version of this machine had no graphics acceleration and if that's the model you've got, you may be unable to get it to play 720p video, much less 1080p. The early model netbooks were never designed with HD media in mind. If your PC is more than 6 months old, I suggest you give up on HD graphics - all the codec packs in the world will not give smooth HD video. A decent avi version will look great on your 10-inch screen and should play happily.

This spring, Dell brought out an updated model of the Mini with a Broadcom CrystalHD Media Accelerator chip. This is capable of playing HD graphics, given the right software, i.e. software that knows how to take advantage of the Broadcom chip. According to Broadcom's website, (whose URL this forum will helpfully not permit me to post, but try googling 'Broadcom CrystalHD') KMPlayer, Media Player Classic and GOMPlayer are all compatible, though you might need to download a suitable driver and do some research on how to configure these applications to use the Broadcom accelerator.

stefano

fenlander_uk wrote: »

Your PC is a netbook, so it's very low-powered. The original version of this machine had no graphics acceleration and if that's the model you've got, you may be unable to get it to play 720p video, much less 1080p. The early model netbooks were never designed with HD media in mind. If your PC is more than 6 months old, I suggest you give up on HD graphics - all the codec packs in the world will not give smooth HD video. A decent avi version will look great on your 10-inch screen and should play happily.

This spring, Dell brought out an updated model of the Mini with a Broadcom CrystalHD Media Accelerator chip. This is capable of playing HD graphics, given the right software, i.e. software that knows how to take advantage of the Broadcom chip. According to Broadcom's website, (whose URL this forum will helpfully not permit me to post, but try googling 'Broadcom CrystalHD') KMPlayer, Media Player Classic and GOMPlayer are all compatible, though you might need to download a suitable driver and do some research on how to configure these applications to use the Broadcom accelerator.

That's very thourough, and I thank you for that, but how do I know if:

1. I have a graphic card
2. If I am playing 720p or 1080p