[mythtv-users] BBC HD recorded show length wrong in mythfrontend

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Sun Sep 20 09:23:55 UTC 2009


belcampo wrote:
> David Knight wrote:
>> On Sat, September 12, 2009 10:14 am, Robert wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> It seems that my BBC HD recordings are reporting incorrect lengths 
>>> again
>>> in mythtv.  (straight record and then playback in mythfrontend).
>>>
>>> I recorded a 30 min show last night and when I went to play it, it said
>>> it was an hour.  As it played, time passed as normal - i.e. after 30
>>> mins actual time, 30 mins had passed on the progress bar and the
>>> programme was over.  But when I went to seek in the recording I had to
>>> seek to (eg) 40mins on the progress bar to get 20 mins into the show.
> See bottom.
> <snip>
> A month ago I wrote this on the ffmpeg-user list
>
> BBCHD fps mis-interpretation
>
> It seems BBCHD streams from DVB-S have changed, it always was MBAFF 
> interlaced, now it is interpreted as 50fps
> Stream #0.0[0x157c]: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1440x1080 [PAR 4:3 DAR 
> 16:9], 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
>
> Although mediainfo for the same file says:
>
> Frame rate                       : 25.000
> Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
> Frame count                      : 97582
> Resolution                       : 24
> Resolution                       : 24 bits
> Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
> Scan type                        : Interlaced
> Scan type                        : Interlaced
> Scan order                       : TFF
> Scan order                       : Top Field First
> Interlacement                    : TFF
Ah, yes I remember seeing that when I was googling.

So do you get the same problem with show length being double in MythTV?

Do you know if there is any work in progress to fix it?

Cheers,
Robert.



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