[mythtv-users] Surprise: cannot play some recordings in VLC

[Raymond Wagner]

On 1/26/2011 13:15, Jay Foster wrote:
> On 1/25/2011 10:14 PM, Brian K Boonstra wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>
>>> >  I haven't been able to play any recordings mythtv has made in VLC 
>>> since 0.21 or so.  Something changed.  I think mythtv started 
>>> tagging the files as TS files and VLC balks at that for some 
>>> reason.  I record from and HDHR and a PVR250. The only thing that 
>>> plays them, as far as I know, is media player classic and of course 
>>> mythfrontend.
>>> >
>>
>> VLC manages to play most of the recordings I make, just not these NFL 
>> games.  I happen to be running a development snapshot right now, 
>> though this was also true of my 0.24 installation.  You might want to 
>> give it another chance (not that my recent experience is necessarily 
>> encouraging :^P  )
>
> Keep in mind, that if the recordings have been comflagged, the 
> commercials will be removed.

Mythtranscode will only remove commercials if there is a cutlist.  That 
requires going into edit mode and either producing a new cutlist, or 
loading one from a commercial skip list.  It will not act on the skip 
list directly.