[mythtv-users] Recordings Stopped Working in VLC after latest from Master

[Richard Hulme]

On 24/03/15 18:38, Doug Haber wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Doug Haber <doug at fawnanddoug.com
> <mailto:doug at fawnanddoug.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Frank Phillips
>     <frankalso at gmail.com <mailto:frankalso at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Doug Haber
>         <doug at fawnanddoug.com <mailto:doug at fawnanddoug.com>> wrote:
>
>             Hi,
>
>             I got the latest from Master on March-16th and since then
>             new HDPVR recordings don't work on VLC any more.  Recordings
>             that were recorded prior to March-16th work fine.
>
>             Can anyone help me figure out what the issue is and how to
>             resolve it?  My last merge before March-16 was Oct-22 2014.
>
>             Thanks!
>             Doug
>
>
>         Are you using UPnP to play the recordings on VLC? The mimetypes
>         were changed last month:
>         https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/7bf6bb1
>         Also, the file extension has changed from .mpg to .ts:
>         https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/6576614
>
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>     Thanks for the quick response!  I'm playing the files directly from
>     the file system so I don't think mime types or file extensions would
>     come into play.  That said, my new HDPVR recordings still have a
>     "mpg" file extension. Does that mean anything?  One thing of note is
>     that VLC can't tell the time length of the new files.
>
>     Thanks again!
>     Doug
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> The issue is this commit:
> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/61f9ac9a8d7f6eb5cf1fac74376245e8b82e42f1
> If I revert that commit the problem is resolved.  Can this commit be
> reverted in master?

Hi,

The changes in this commit only have an effect if you are using a 
recording profile (defined in mythtv-setup) that has the recording type 
set to something other than 'Normal'.  So the easiest way to work around 
any problems with this commit is just to use a recording type of 'Normal'.

If this commit is causing problems, it must be because of 
non-video/audio/subtitle packets that VLC expects that are now being 
stripped.  A sample of a good, unstripped recording and a bad, stripped 
recording could be very useful in tracking down what VLC is expecting.

Does VLC refuse to playback the recordings completely?

I don't know whether it makes any difference but are you using VLC on a 
PC or on a mobile device?  I don't have any issues with VLC on my PC and 
the total duration is also shown correctly.

Richard.