Time code thinks seconds are minutes

[JBreits]

Last night I recorded a program from my ATSC OTA setup (720p).

When I went to play back the .ts file, I noticed that my skip forward button (which is set to skip 60 seconds) was now only skipping about 1 second. When the OSD was up, I noticed that the current position timer seemed to be moving very quickly although the video was playing at a normal speed.

I went and played an old recording and noticed that the 00:00:00 format is normally Hours:Minutes:Seconds. However, when I was watching my new recording it was more like Minutes:Seconds:Milliseconds. For both videos, my skip 60 seconds button incremented the middle number by 1, but for the new recording, that equated to only 1 second.

I also noticed that the audio sync was way way off for this recording. Not sure if it was related to this timer issue or not. I tried to find out if anyone else in my area had audio sync problems last night, but didn't find any.

My singal is good (TV reports upper 90s). Hauppauge's WinTV signal monitor showed SNR of 30 (max), 0 uncorrectable errors, and every once an a while 1-2 correctable errors (which I believe is normal).

Any ideas on why this might have happened? The only thing I did differently yesterday was I replaced some F-connectors on my coax, but I don't see how that could possibly have any effect. Especially when my signal strengths stayed the same.


Thanks,
JBreits

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If you can supply a 40MB chunk of that recording, I'll take a look. A utility for cutting a chunk can be found here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=3...ostcount=2

[JBreits]

I have uploaded a 40MB chunk to my website.

Sample File

Thanks!
JBreits

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Give this patch a go to see if it corrects the problem.

[fiteclub]

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I have a similar problem with a .ts file recorded off of a QAM signal from my HDHomerun. It is a thirty minute show but the length on the OSD says 06:11:24. The seconds move at about millisecond speed and the ffwd button only moves ahead about 1 sec. However the audio is in perfect sync. This does not seem to happen on all recordings but I can't identify a pattern. Do I need to apply this patch?? I don't know how to get a video clip to you.

Bill

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Its probably worth trying this patch as a first step.

[JBreits]

I will try the patch and get back to you. I also wanted to add that I ran the file through a couple different utilities - TS Doctor, and MPEG Repair (found on Videohelp.com) and both seemed to produce a file with a good time code in GBPVR.

But I will see what effect the patch has.

JBreits

[JBreits]

Just to follow up (finally). The patch DID resolve the issue.

Thanks!
JBreits

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Great.