[mythtv-users] Ivtv recorded MPEG-2 Quality

Mark Wormgoor mark at wormgoor.com
Wed Sep 10 17:22:31 UTC 2008


Hi,

>>> I recently got a Buffalo Linktheater to replace my bulky frontend. When
>>> I first connected it, it could not play any of my recordings. I've had
>>> to transcode all of them using the lossless MPEG-2 transcode first,
>>> before I could play them. It also helps if I simply copy them using
>>> mencoder (mencode recording.mpg -oac copy -ovc copy -of mpeg -o
>>> recording2.mpg). Both methods fix the mpeg and will allow the
>>> Linktheater to play the recording. I've been having the exact same
>>> problems when trying to play recordings in Windows Media Player, but had
>>> always attributed that to MS :)

Never mind, I just figured out what the issue was. The Linktheater (and 
Windows Media Player) cannot cope with the embedded VBI stream. I've 
disabled VBI and the problem is fixed.

Kind regards,

Mark



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