[mythtv-users] How to watch recordings on a laptop

[Jay Foster]

I've been looking for a way to watch my myth TV recordings (MPEG2-TS 
HDHR recordings) from a laptop (or other computer).  The laptop is 
running Windows7.

I've tried using Windows media player, VLC, and MPlayer (SMPlayer), but 
they fail in different ways.  VLC will show the first frame and freeze. 
  MPlayer will play a second, freeze, replay that same second, freeze, 
and then skip ahead and repeat.  Windows media player plays a black 
screen with no audio.

However, VLC and MPlayer WILL play the raw HDHR file in Linux on the 
backend, but the Windows versions will not over the network.  I've tried 
both a wired ethernet (100mbps) and WiFi network connections and get the 
same result.  I don't think this is a network bandwidth issue.

If I first do a lossless transcode on the HDHR MPEG2-TS recordings, then 
they play fine.  I have the same issue when trying to play them using 
uPnP directly to the TV.

Is there something different about the Linux versions of VLC and MPlayer 
from the Windows versions?  Is there some VLC or MPlayer command line 
option that would get this to work (I haven't found one)?

Is there a way to make a custom user job that will perform the 
equivalent of a lossless transcode WITHOUT honoring the commflag cutlist?

Jay