[mythtv-users] Can't convert TV recording MPG files for other computers - codecs

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday 08 February 2009 14:09:29 OCG Technical Support wrote:
> I've tried about half a dozen video conversion programs, and nothing seems
> to be able to handle the mpg files that Myth creates.  I suspect codec
> errors...
>
>
> Can anyone help with how to get these files converted?  I've downloaded
> some codecs to allow me to play them on my PC (I forgot what package of
> codecs), but the conversion programs still fail.

When you say "The mpg files that Myth creates", how is Myth creating them?

Are you talking about .mpg files created by a PVR-x50 card? Files transcoded 
to mpg by Myth? MPEG streams captured by an ATSC or QAM capture device? Files 
captured by a DVB device of some sort? h264 files from the BBC or the like?

And what do you mean by "other computers - codecs". Are you wanting to play 
the files on a Windows machine? Windows by itself does not have the mpeg2 
codec, you have to get it somewhere, often as part of a DVD player program. I 
don't think the h264 codec is included with a standard Windows install 
either, you would have to get it from someplace.

So if you could be more specific as to what these files are, and what you want 
to do with them, folks here can probably give you better help.

What conversion programs fail? ffmpeg or mencoder should be able to transcode 
just about anything Myth creates. Remember that with ATSC, QAM or DVB Myth 
does not "create" the file, it just demodulates and records an already 
created stream.

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