Chewtobacca said:

jdryyz said: I still think that might be too much compression. :)

It's not. The original file-size is excessive.

Track down the AVCHD version, which is barely distinguishable from the MKV in terms of quality, and see if it plays. That might save you some bother.

Chewtobacca said:

jdryyz said: How is it that I can get away with compressing the 16GB file down to 8GB and not notice any reduction in quality?

Higher file-size does not necessarily mean higher quality. The MKV was much bigger than it needed to be, so your recompressed file ended up being considerably smaller.

I would like to give my my heart felt thanks to Harmy for restoring my memories in HD! Excellent, phenominal work!!!

Mr Chewtobacca,

Respectfully I disagree with you on all counts. I see the difference and so do others. These releases need to be kept "archival grade" IMHO, you can never get back what is lost.

A 16GB file in 2013 is not large. If someone has issue be it connectivity-wise or patience-wise between a 10GB or say a 20GB file then perhaps the owness is on them not Harmy to do things differently.

Harmy,

I beg of you, please keep 2.1 "archival grade" and do not reduces the size via compression merely to cater to a tiny faction. I bet you like me can see the difference. Keep up the great work my friend and my eternal thanks!