Audio Cuts Out For Short Bursts With Some Of My MP4's Options

[Nitemann]

i have spent a few weeks trying to figure this out, and i am baffled, or i think it must be a firmware glitch.

almost all my mp4's are aac audio with 2 and 6 track audio, and some, not all of the ones i get have audio that cuts out for a split second.

a buddy of mine also has the same unit (WDTV Live) and we determined together that is not the video file, its something in the audio tracks. for instance, both of us got a blu ray rip of shooter, and from different people, and we found that our audio cut outs are in the same spots.

I have no idea why, and i have tried removing the 6 channel and then alternately removing the 2 channel, and still haven't been able to nail down the problem.

heres the mediainfo on one of the files in question.

I have been doing all my MP4 Ripping with the original ac3 passthru and have no issues, but these are giving me problems.

Any Ideas?

CODE

General
Complete name                    : I:\My Videos\Movies\New Additions\Shooter.mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 2.16 GiB
Duration                         : 2h 5mn
Overall bit rate                 : 2 460 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-02-02 22:26:37
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-02-02 22:26:37
Cover                            : Yes

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 8 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 2h 5mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 2 138 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 20.7 Mbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Resolution                       : 8 bits
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.132
Stream size                      : 1.88 GiB (87%)
Title                            : Shooter By 3Li
Writing library                  : x264 core 80 r1376M 3feaec2
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.2:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-1 / threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=2 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=42 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2138 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-02-02 04:51:34
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-02-02 22:27:44

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 2h 5mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 320 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 331 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 287 MiB (13%)
Title                            : Shooter
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-02-02 22:27:28
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-02-02 22:27:44