[mythtv-users] Mpeg files produced by MythTV using a PVR-150 or PVR-500, anything special about them?

[Mark Wormgoor]

Nicolas,

> I tried recently to copy Mpeg files produced by MythTV using my PVR-150 
> and PVR-500 and while they do play in VLC, if I move the slider to play 
> to skip part of the file VLC goes nuts and can't seem to be able to 
> continue playing back the file.
> 
> (I have the latest version of VLC...)
> 
> Windows Media Player doesn't seem to have the proper codec so I can't 
> play them.
> 
> The only program that seems to be able to handle these file is the media 
> player that comes with Nero.
> 
> If I try to play these files using my PS3 and the upnp server if I fast 
> forward it always take forever before it start playing it again after I 
> have stopped fast forwarding...
> 
> Is this normal or is something messed up on my PC?

I experienced the same issues in the past. My guest would be that you 
have VBI (Teletext) enabled in the recordings. This somehow gets 
embedded in the mpeg2 file, making it unplayable in most players (except 
mythfrontend). As soon as I turned off VBI, I had no more issues with my 
recordings.

Kind regards,

Mark Wormgoor