[mythtv-users] HDTV mpeg2 ts stream issue with external AC3 decoding

[Paul Sands]

John P Poet wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Paul Sands <usg990a at cebridge.net> wrote:
>   
>> I am have been recording HDTV streams from my cable STB via firewire for
>> months now and happily playing them back on my HD frontend. I recently
>> added an A/V receiver to my setup. Audio (2ch and 5.1) output through
>> spdif is working great for DVDs and MKV files with AC3 audio. When I
>> play a HDTV recording with AC3 audio from myth with the internal player (audio decoded
>> by the external receiver) I get all kinds of stuttering of the video and
>> audio.
>>
>> I think this is due to the ts stream captured since ts streams are
>> notorious for containing errors. Mplayer also stutters on playback of
>> the same file when using "-ao alsa:device=spdif hwac3". My question is
>> how do I clean it up within myth to be able to play it back smoothly
>> with AC3 audio? What would be the best way (through myth or a script as
>> a user job) to fix this issue and keep the AC3 audio?
>>
>> MythTV version: 0.21-r19961
>> Intel E5200
>> ECS G31T-M (GMA 3100)
>> 2GB Ram
>> Gentoo
>>     
>
> Probably not your whole problem, but make sure you are NOT using video
> as the timebase.  You must use audio as the timebase.
>
>
> John
>   
John, thanks for the tip. I did check and it is not checked in setup so
I am thinking it is still the ts stream.

Paul