[mythtv-users] Using Plex video playback audio sync issues when using MythTV channel

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Thu Aug 3 15:09:09 UTC 2017


On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> On 08/02/2017 01:46 PM, Ben wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>>   I don't use it often but recently I played more with it and realized
>> MythTV recorded shows being played back by Plex seem to have an audio sync
>> problem.
>>
>> Is it just the plex transcoder?
>>
>> (I know - I might go ask the Plex forums next -- but let's face it -- the
>> MythTV crew is sharp as a tack about issues like this.)
>>
>>
>> my setup is recording through an HDHR4-2US (OTA) Tuner.
>>
>>   -Ben
>>
>>
> MythTV recording files are MPEG-TS (MPEG transport stream). Other players
> may not be designed to play this format well, and that may cause your
> synchronization problem. I once solved this problem by running a user job
> to convert the file to mkv format after recording. See below.
>
> https://github.com/bennettpeter/mythscripts/blob/master/
> install/opt/mythtv/bin/userjob_mkv.sh


Ples uses MPEG-TS for it's own DVR recordings as well, so I doubt it has
trouble playing them back :)

I would not know this except for the fact it was a change in their latest
DVR code on this past 1.8.x release notes.
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