[mythtv-users] Slightly corrupted MPEGs from PVR-250

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 12 February 2004 07:07 pm, Chris Tracy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 	I've got the latest CVS running on my mythbox.  In it is a PVR-250
> that works reasonably well.  Occasionally, however, the PVR has recorded a
> show that mythtv refuses to play back.  When run in debug mode,
> mythbackend claims it can't determine the filetype.
>
> 	Interestingly enough, the files that can be played are all
> identified by 'file' as "MPEG system stream data" while all the unplayable
> files are all listed as "data".
>
> 	Testing with mplayer shows the file to be playable, at least from
> mplayer.  Is there someway to repair the file to mythtv will play it?  Or
> some way to convince mythtv to try playing it anyway?
>
> 	Interestingly, today, all 3 programs recorded have ended up in
> this state.  I did nothing to the box between today and yesterday (when
> all the recordings were fine) other than leave it on.
>
> 	And just now, when it switched to the 4th program to record for
> the day, mythtv can play the file fine.  But 'file' shows it as "data" so
> it's not entirely properly formatted.
>
> 	This is probably more of an ivtv issue, but the fact the mplayer
> *can* play these files makes me wonder why mythtv won't.

Stricter header checking, most likely.  If you can put up the first couple 
megabytes of a file somewhere I can grab, I should be able to fix things.

Isaac