It plays fine on my BDP-93. The problem with the 83 is more than likely related to not being current with the latest H.264 updates. At least, that's what usually caused the trouble that I am seeing in the past. Basically, I am getting a scrambled/pixelized video image. Audio is ok.

I am still having trouble with my re-encoded file. I am getting occasional pauses in playback at fairly regular intervals. I have done re-encoding like this several times in the past so I'm not sure what's wrong.

I will give MeGUI a try.

As you may have already guessed, I am using HandBrake for the re-encode. Not sure if the suggestion you made applies to it. I believe you're referring to the settings in the "Video Quality" section. I remember experimenting with those settings in earlier versions of HandBrake years ago and quickly reverted back to the Variable setting because the encodes did weird things on playback. I see no reason why I couldn't try it again, but how did you determine what setting to use? Wish the data size option wasn't removed.

Chewtobacca said:

jdryyz said: Just FYI, the rate I came up with was 20Mbps.

That's sounds about right, depending on the size of the audio and subtitle tracks you wish to retain, but consider using MeGUI's built-in bitrate calculator to find a more precise figure. You could also try recompressing with a CRF of 16. That should retain the quality of the original, and at 720p the result should easily fit on a BD-25.

I find it strange that an Oppo player has trouble with the file though. Are you sure that a re-encode is necessary?