[mythtv-users] real format of .nuv from DVB-T card (mpeg2 with no
header?)
Phill Edwards
philledwards at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 02:53:55 UTC 2005
> > Here's what I don't understand. You demuxed it, edited it, then remuxed
> > it. But wasn't it mpeg2 to start with?
>
> MPEG-2 is a broad standard. The recordings are in MPEG-2 Transport
> Stream (TS) format while DVD:s use the MPEG-2 Program Stream format so
> they are "same same but different"...
>
> There are several tools of varying quality for converting between the
> two formats (beside the tools already mentioned you could also try
> Metzler's replex from http://www.metzlerbros.org/dvb/).
>
> They only change the "packaging" of the video/audio so no re-encoding of
> the streams is needed. Think of it like opening a blue box, taking the
> stuff that's inside and putting it in a green box instead. Blue boxes
> (TS) are sturdy & robust and protect the contents from damage during
> shipping (transmission), while green boxes (PS) are smaller and more
> suited for local storage (e.g. on a DVD). :-)
So if you record in PS not TS does that mean these problems wouldn't
occur with DVDStyler?
Regards,
Phill
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