[mythtv-users] Surprise: cannot play some recordings in VLC

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Jan 26 02:39:42 UTC 2011


On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 09:31:28PM -0500, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> I haven't been able to play any recordings mythtv has made in VLC
> since 0.21 or so.  Something changed.  I think mythtv started
> tagging the files as TS files and VLC balks at that for some reason.

    Nope. Don't think so. I just tested a couple of recordings against
0.23 and all was well. The first HDPVR and HDHR recordings I tried worked
flawlessly. Infact, I used to make a habit of playing badly recorded OTA
recordings with my external player.

    I use the release source tarballs (0.23).

> I record from and HDHR and a PVR250. The only thing that plays them,
> as far as I know, is media player classic and of course
> mythfrontend.
> 
> On 1/25/2011 8:42 PM, Brian K Boonstra wrote:
> >Lately I've been playing my recordings in VLC rather than the frontend (basically due to bug 9223), and it has been working fine.  I use mythlink.pl, find the show I want to watch, and go.
> >
> >This weekend I recorded (off US broadcast TV) the NFL games, though, and VLC will not play them.  MythFrontend _can_ play them so clearly the files are not corrupted, or at least not fatally so.
> >
> >FWIW, I include below what VLC says about the file (and I'll note I am somewhat surprised at 720p rather than 1080i for a high-profile US broadcast).  Has anyone ever encountered a recorded broadcast the VLC won't play?  Is there some extension I need?
> >
> >    -Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >(Stream 1)
> >Type: 	Video
> >Orig ID:	49
> >Codec:	MPEG-1/2 video (mpgv)
> >Resolution:	1280x720
> >Frame Rate:	119.880120
> >(Stream 2)
> >Type: 	Audio
> >Orig ID:	52
> >Codec:	A52 (aka AC3) (a52 )
> >Language:	English
> >Channels:	3F2R/LFE
> >Sample Rate:	48000 Hz
> >Bitrate:	448kb/s
> >
> >
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