[mythtv-users] how to repair unplayable recordings?

[Alex Butcher]

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Marco Nelissen wrote:

> I have some recordings that mythtv won't play. These files play just fine
> with mplayer, xine and vlc, but when I play them in mythtv, the screen goes
> black briefly, then it goes back to the recordings list.
> mythcommflag and mythtranscode don't like the recordings either.
> mythcommflag says:
> 2009-03-16 10:15:47.987 AFD Error: avformat err(-1) on av_open_input_file
> call.
> 2009-03-16 10:15:47.988 Couldn't open decoder for:
> /mnt/store/1071_20090308220000.mpg
> while mythtranscode says:
> 2009-03-16 10:26:17.938 mpegts_read_header: could not find any PMT's
> 2009-03-16 10:26:17.938 Couldn't open input file, error #-1
> 
> Is there any way to 'fix' these recordings so that mythtv can play them?

You could try running them through ProjectX then re-multiplexing the audio
and video streams. No guarantees, though.

Best Regards,
Alex.