Problems with downloading movies that don't play sound...

[jivepuddin]

Hope that you guys can help! 

Lately it seems that all the movies that I download have no dialogue sound (sometimes you'll get the background noises other times complete silence).

I am plugging my portable hard drive into my bluray player through a USB in the front. The bluray player is around 5 years old....would updating this make it all work again? Should I be something different?

[joew771]

We need to know what movies you downloaded, or more specifically what format they were in. I doubt if it is the players fault. And do they have sound on your computer, but not your hard player? If that's true, then it's probably your player, but I have a feeling that isn't true.

[jivepuddin]

Let's see: the last one I downloaded was:

INTERNAL.1080p.HDTV.x264 MKV
Yes it plays on my computer but does not have sound when I plug it into my bluray player or to my smart TV.

[RobertX]

I have a feeling that this could be the result of the Cinavia "copyright" protection scheme, where the audio mutes out after twenty minutes.

But if that is so, at least a message would come out. Then again, it only affects some poorly-burnt Blu Rays.

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EDIT: Wait, you specified the file name as:

INTERNAL.1080p.HDTV.x264 MKV

Is that the file name? Did you mis-specify it?

[Ruler_Of_Hell]

Try removing the Vid from the MKV container. The Video doesn't need a complete conversion, so it only takes a minute or less. Format will be h264 instead of x264. I "think" it might be Megui I used, but just can't remember. Seems like Avidemux would also be a good choice. http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

[joew771]

If it works on your computer but not your player, it may be DTS (Dedicated To Sound). Go into the settings of your blu-ray or whatever other device you are using and disable it. Usually in a surround sound type menu.