BDP7600/12: Results with official mkv test suite - Part 2

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There is an official test suite of mkv files on the matroska homepage available (http://www.matroska.org/downloads/test_w1.html). Those eight files are intended to test a set of minimum features players should handle.

Last year I posted a topic where I described the results with firmware version 1.09. Because the thread has been closed I had to start a new one to describe the results with firmware versions 1.35 and 1.42 (see below). (For an easier reference I also include the results with firmware version 1.09.)

Unfortunately there hasn't been a notable improvement since 1.09 (in fact things got worse between 1.35 and 1.42). I guess that results that have been changed are more or less a side effect of other firmware changes. So I'm not really sure if anybody at Philips really cares about things that are mentioned here (see also my other postings). At least if it deals with MKV.

Below the terms Unchanged and New refer to the previous firmware version.

Results with firmware version 1.42

• test1.mkv (test scenario: Basic file)
  Unchanged: Sound OK. No video because of unsupported video format. FF up to 4x. No rewind. Time search OK.
  New: Chapters don't work any longer. Progress bar does not update.
  
• test2.mkv (test scenario: Non default timecodescale & aspect ratio)
  Unchanged
  
• test3.mkv (test scenario: Header stripping & standard block)
  Unchanged
  
• test4.mkv (test scenario: Live stream recording)
  Unchanged
  
• test5.mkv (test scenario: Multiple audio/subtitles)
  Unchanged
  
• test6.mkv (test scenario: Different EBML head sizes & cue-less seeking)
  Unchanged: Sound OK. No video because of unsupported video format. FF up to 4x. No rewind. No chapters. No time search.
  New: Progress bar does not update.
  
• test7.mkv (test scenario: Extra unknown/junk elements & damaged)
  Unchanged
  
• test8.mkv (test scenario: Audio gap)
  Unchanged

Results with firmware version 1.35

• test1.mkv (test scenario: Basic file)
  Unchanged
  
• test2.mkv (test scenario: Non default timecodescale & aspect ratio)
  New: Sound and video OK. FF and rewind up to 32x. Chapters and time search OK.
  
• test3.mkv (test scenario: Header stripping & standard block)
  Unchanged
  
• test4.mkv (test scenario: Live stream recording)
  Unchanged
  
• test5.mkv (test scenario: Multiple audio/subtitles)
  Unchanged
  
• test6.mkv (test scenario: Different EBML head sizes & cue-less seeking)
  Unchanged
  
• test7.mkv (test scenario: Extra unknown/junk elements & damaged)
  Unchanged
  
• test8.mkv (test scenario: Audio gap)
  Unchanged: Sound and video OK. FF and rewind up to 32x. Chapters and time search OK.
  New: Playback stops after 30 seconds but should run for 47 seconds.

Results with firmware version 1.09

• test1.mkv (test scenario: Basic file)
  Sound OK. No video because of unsupported video format. FF up to 4x. No rewind. Chapters and time search OK.
  
• test2.mkv (test scenario: Non default timecodescale & aspect ratio)
  Video much too slowly (super super super slow motion...).
  
• test3.mkv (test scenario: Header stripping & standard block)
  Firmware seems to crash (nothing happens after selecting file, no more reaction to pressing keys neither on remote nor on player).
  
• test4.mkv (test scenario: Live stream recording)
  Players stops immediately (unsupported video format).
  
• test5.mkv (test scenario: Multiple audio/subtitles)
  Sound and video OK. FF and rewind up to 32x. Chapters and time search OK.
  
• test6.mkv (test scenario: Different EBML head sizes & cue-less seeking)
  Sound OK. No video because of unsupported video format. FF up to 4x. No rewind. No chapters. No time search.
  
• test7.mkv (test scenario: Extra unknown/junk elements & damaged)
  Player stops immediately.
  
• test8.mkv (test scenario: Audio gap)
  Sound and video OK. FF and rewind up to 32x. Chapters and time search OK.