[mythtv-users] Chicago ABC OTA channel 7 recording not playing on Windows

[Brent Bolin]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:11 AM, TJ Kolev <tjkolev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I only have a MythTV backend (on Ubuntu), and use Win 7 media center to
> watch the recordings. All is fine, except the recordings for WLS (ABC7, RF
> channel 44) won't play. The files play fine in xine on my separate Ubuntu
> desktop box. On Windows, media player just shows a black screen, Quicktime
> and the XviD play promptly crash.
>
> Does anyone has a clue what the issue is? I am assuming the mpeg format is
> not a flavor Windows likes. What tools can I use to find more information
> about the file, so I can see what's different between it and one for say
> NBC? Then perhaps I'll have an idea how to go about handling it.
>
> Thank you.
> tjk :)
>
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I can confirm this plays fine in Mythbuntu also.  Don't know about
your other question.

Are you doing any transcoding or commflaging ?


Didn't even know windoze media could play myth recordings.