[mythtv-users] Surprise: cannot play some recordings in VLC
Brian K Boonstra
myth at boonstra.org
Wed Jan 26 01:42:54 UTC 2011
Lately I've been playing my recordings in VLC rather than the frontend (basically due to bug 9223), and it has been working fine. I use mythlink.pl, find the show I want to watch, and go.
This weekend I recorded (off US broadcast TV) the NFL games, though, and VLC will not play them. MythFrontend _can_ play them so clearly the files are not corrupted, or at least not fatally so.
FWIW, I include below what VLC says about the file (and I'll note I am somewhat surprised at 720p rather than 1080i for a high-profile US broadcast). Has anyone ever encountered a recorded broadcast the VLC won't play? Is there some extension I need?
-Brian
(Stream 1)
Type: Video
Orig ID: 49
Codec: MPEG-1/2 video (mpgv)
Resolution: 1280x720
Frame Rate: 119.880120
(Stream 2)
Type: Audio
Orig ID: 52
Codec: A52 (aka AC3) (a52 )
Language: English
Channels: 3F2R/LFE
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Bitrate: 448kb/s
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