[mythtv-users] Video too slow on some mpeg2's (actually layer 1 audio problem)

[Ken Mandelberg]

I posted recently about a problem with using the internal player with 
mpeg2's imported from an HD Tivo. They played properly with 
mplayer/xine/vlc, but not the internal player. I described it as slow 
video since the internal player was dropping frames and getting behind 
the audio.

I thought the problem was the resolution which was a little different 
than the HD streams captured directly on myth.

As it turns out, thats not it. It the audio. The Tivo mpeg2's have

   Audio : Mpeg 1 layer 1
   free bitrate 44100 Hz

while the internally captured streams are

   Audio : Mpeg 1 layer 3
   192 kbps  32000 Hz

I can get around the problem by transcoding which will convert it to 
layer 3, but thats expensive and I would rather process the video as 
little as possible.

Is there a way to get the internal player to deal with this format of 
audio correctly (since the other players do). Is it a bug?