[mythtv-users] PVR-150 - should i record mpeg2-PS or -TS?

[Michael T. Dean]

Phill Edwards wrote:

>>I am given the choice between MPEG2-PS or MPEG2-TS (along with some
>>others I clearly don't want) in "Recording Profiles".
>>
>>Which should I choose and why?
>>    
>>
>I assume this is the same as for DVB-T. In which case you should choose TS.
>
>Why:
>
>1) If you choose PS you can get recordings which have no sound as
>sometimes it selects the wrong audio signal in the broadcast. With TS
>this problem never happens.
>
>2) PS support is being phased out because it's problematic so you may
>as well avoid it.
>  
>
This advice doesn't apply for IvyTV.  Because the Hauppauge PVR-x50's 
are creating the stream in the format you specify, Myth just dumps the 
stream to disk.

With DVB/ATSC, the stream is always transmitted as a Transport Stream 
(TS).  Myth can (could) either dump the TS to disk or re-write it into a 
Program Stream (PS).  It is the support for re-writing a TS to a PS on 
the fly that's being dropped.  Myth will play back any MPEG-2 PS or TS.

Mike