2012-05-19, 22:27
I'm having a bit of an issue getting chapters to work as expected. Well.. they WORK, but not well. I've ripped a bluray of mine and copied the chapters from it into the resulting MKV, but the timecodes are just ever so slightly off. I will jump forward a chapter and see a single frame from the previous scene before it switches to the intended scene. Is there a way I can see exactly what time XBMC is at so I can adjust them? I've tried programs like avidemux and virtualdub, yet the frame that is bleeding through is BEFORE the time that the chapter is pointing at.
For example: I have a chapter at 00:04:08.748. This catches a frame from the previous scene. But that frame is at like 00:04:08:290 according to virtualdub.
Also, I wonder if this is an issue with xbmc, h264, or something else entirely - but some chapters that I jump to (and it's 100% consistent) will cause frame skipping at the beginning before it smooths out. Audio seems to be perfect, but the video has to try to catch up to the audio. Not sure if that description will make much sense, but I wonder if anybody knows how to alleviate this. Is it an encoding issue, or improper chapter locations? This doesn't seem to happen when I jump forward or backward 30 seconds at a time.
For example: I have a chapter at 00:04:08.748. This catches a frame from the previous scene. But that frame is at like 00:04:08:290 according to virtualdub.
Also, I wonder if this is an issue with xbmc, h264, or something else entirely - but some chapters that I jump to (and it's 100% consistent) will cause frame skipping at the beginning before it smooths out. Audio seems to be perfect, but the video has to try to catch up to the audio. Not sure if that description will make much sense, but I wonder if anybody knows how to alleviate this. Is it an encoding issue, or improper chapter locations? This doesn't seem to happen when I jump forward or backward 30 seconds at a time.
