[mythtv-users] Why do those mpeg files not play? (capture with a ceton infiniTV 4)

[Doug Lytle]

Ronald Frazier wrote:
> tell me why they seem
> to not work for me in certain media players?

I don't know why, but mediainfo says:

General
ID                               : 755E
Complete name                    : /home/doug/Desktop/ch4.mpg
Format                           : MPEG-TS
File size                        : 3.97 MiB
Duration                         : 10s 322ms
Overall bit rate                 : 3 173 Kbps

Video
ID                               : 3953 (0xF71)
Menu ID                          : 4 (0x4)
Format                           : MPEG Video
Format version                   : Version 2
Format profile                   : Main at Main
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, Matrix          : Default
Duration                         : 10s 343ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 2 761 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 2 907 Kbps
Width                            : 720 pixels
Height                           : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 4:3
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Standard                         : NTSC
Resolution                       : 8 bits
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.267
Stream size                      : 3.40 MiB (86%)

Audio
ID                               : 3954 (0xF72)
Menu ID                          : 4 (0x4)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Duration                         : 10s 335ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Video delay                      : -453ms
Stream size                      : 242 KiB (6%)
Language                         : English

Menu #1
ID                               : 3952 (0xF70)
Menu ID                          : 4 (0x4)
Duration                         : 10s 322ms
List                             : 3953 (0xF71) (MPEG Video) / 3954 
(0xF72) (AC-3, English)
Language                         :  / English

Menu #2
ID                               : 3968 (0xF80)
Menu ID                          : 5 (0x5)

Menu #3
ID                               : 3984 (0xF90)
Menu ID                          : 6 (0x6)

Menu #4
ID                               : 4064 (0xFE0)
Menu ID                          : 11 (0xB)
Maximum bit rate                 : 3216800

Menu #5
ID                               : 4224 (0x1080)
Menu ID                          : 21 (0x15)

Menu #6
ID                               : 4304 (0x10D0)
Menu ID                          : 26 (0x1A)

Menu #7
ID                               : 4752 (0x1290)
Menu ID                          : 54 (0x36)

Menu #8
ID                               : 5296 (0x14B0)
Menu ID                          : 88 (0x58)

Menu #9
ID                               : 6896 (0x1AF0)
Menu ID                          : 188 (0xBC)

Menu #10
ID                               : 6912 (0x1B00)
Menu ID                          : 189 (0xBD)

Menu #11
ID                               : 128 (0x80)
Menu ID                          : 900 (0x384)



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