carguyshu 0 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) All movies play fine if I view them in the web browser in chrome or if I use another player like VLC, but several will not work in WMC. In the attached log you will see that I played 2 other movies fine, but when I tried to play deadpool 2 it just stayed at 0 seconds and a black screen (this also happens with avengers infinity war and several other movies). I have updated my LAV to version 0.73 (the newest) and it still wont work in WMC. please help Edited October 20, 2018 by carguyshu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hi there, did you forget to attach the log? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) MBClassic-20102018f97f8ad7e523453db11c8c07a3fef815.log try this one where I played back to the future fine, but deadpool 2 froze at 0 and never played. I don't know why the attachment didn't take the first time. Edited October 20, 2018 by carguyshu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Hi there, can you try to attach the log again? Also can you try setting up a windows media center video library and seeing if the file plays through that? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 there I just got it up. something with the old uploader vs new uploader was causing it not to attach when I post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Ok, there's nothing obvious in this log unfortunately. can you try playing the video file directly in windows media center using a WMC video library? That will help narrow it down. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 BTW - be sure you use Media Center and not Windows Media Player... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 when i try to add folders to a wmc library that have mkvs in them it is showing the folders but then when i select a folder it is saying there is no media. can WMC not recognize that mkvs are video files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 You need to install software to allow that to work, such as lav filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 as per my first post i have the latest LAV filters installed. WMC is saying there is no media in folders that have mkvs in them when i add those folders to either the movies or video libraries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 I would try uninstalling and re-installing lav filters. This doesn't look to me like an Emby for WMC problem, but rather a windows media center video playback problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Wmc needs certain reg keys set to see mkv files. Maybe try researching those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 @@carguyshu, have you checked out Emby Theater? It's our new app designed to fully replace Windows Media Center: https://emby.media/emby-theater.html Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 @@carguyshu, have you checked out Emby Theater? It's our new app designed to fully replace Windows Media Center: https://emby.media/emby-theater.html Thanks ! i tried out theater, but it seems to be very inferior from a customization and view standpoint compared to my wmc setup with chocolate theme. the poster view on WMC is awesome and you can see way more titles on the screen.with wmc as there are not the gigantic gaps between posters like with theater. i can see 27 covers at once on wmc, but only 12 on theater. it also has the overlay of 1080p over covers on wmc so you can see what is and is not a bluray at a glance. i also really like with wmc how when you are hovering on a title it pops up at the lower left all sorts of other great info such as rotten tomato rating, year, runtime, what time the movie will end etc. if i could get the same look with theater that would be great, but it appears to be very limited. i've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the LAV filters several times and there's still problems. I'm also having other playback issues like not being able to fast forward or rewind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 See this topic about fast forward and rewind: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/64337-emc-cant-skip-forwardback-with-remote-or-mouse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 are your problems with fast forward and rewind or skip ahead and jump back. I don't ever remember being able to fast forward or rewind in EMC but I can skip ahead and jump back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 See this topic about fast forward and rewind: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/64337-emc-cant-skip-forwardback-with-remote-or-mouse/ i read that entire thread and it appears that the poster is having the exact same problem as i am and that there is currently no solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 are your problems with fast forward and rewind or skip ahead and jump back. I don't ever remember being able to fast forward or rewind in EMC but I can skip ahead and jump back. nothing works. when you click the buttons to go forward/back with the mouse they don't do anything. also when the bar appears that shows the playback if you try and click another part to make the movie start playing at a different time it also does not work. all of these things were working fine in the past. i have no idea why they are all now broken not just for me but others it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Do you have auomatic updates enabled? Can you let me know which versions of LAV, Emby server, windows, and EMC you are running? Have you installed any codec packs? I wonder if MS pushed an update that broke something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 MS or Lav. Perhaps LAV just isn't testing WMC anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) Maybe. Win 7 is about to eol, and I think it's already being sunset throughout many organizations. Wmc also isn't going to get any kind of video player upgrade. Most file formats like MKVs are already well established, and probably won't see suitable replacements too soon at least as far as WMC is concerned. We should probably all find the most stable version that has all the features we need and stop updating. For HDR content there is always something like MPC and madVR. Edited December 7, 2018 by jachin99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Do you have auomatic updates enabled? Can you let me know which versions of LAV, Emby server, windows, and EMC you are running? Have you installed any codec packs? I wonder if MS pushed an update that broke something. I am running the most up to date of everything. LAV version 0.73.1, server 3.5.3.0, EMC 3.0.307.0, and windows 7 professional with service pack 1 and all updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Maybe. Win 7 is about to eol, and I think it's already being sunset throughout many organizations. Wmc also isn't going to get any kind of video player upgrade. Most file formats like MKVs are already well established, and probably won't see suitable replacements too soon at least as far as WMC is concerned. We should probably all find the most stable version that has all the features we need and stop updating. For HDR content there is always something like MPC and madVR. yea i wish i knew what previous versions are stable. everything worked fine in the past. i really wish I could use WMC instead of emby theater. the customization and interface of emby theater are just so much worse. i might be stuck or have to move to something else like plex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carguyshu 0 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 and what really sucks is that i paid long ago for the emby premier too as i thought it was the superior choice out there for media organizing/browsing. If I could get WMC to play ball it still would be, but thus far there's no fix for the rewind/fast forward (several others have posted about this0 and I imagine others are having the same issue with playback on some MKVs that I am too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37003 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 yea i wish i knew what previous versions are stable. everything worked fine in the past. i really wish I could use WMC instead of emby theater. the customization and interface of emby theater are just so much worse. i might be stuck or have to move to something else like plex The competition doesn't have wmc level customization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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