Has anybody had luck converting HDTV DVR-MS files???

[sub]

I tried the above on a short .ts file, saw an error flash by "error, non monotone timestamps". Resulting mpg video is good, but no audio.

ok - I dont know what that error means though.

I wonder if there are any newer version of ffmpeg that might correct that.

[roy]

Is there any chance (when we get the transcode figured out) for auto-convert of .ts to .mpg?

[sub]

Yes, I'll probably add that for the next release. It'll have to use the Cyberlink mux for this though, so probably very similar results to recording directly with the Cyberlink mux.

[roy]

I've had good results today using VideRedo to convert .ts to .mpg with mpeg audio. Converts quickly, file size stays about the same, audio and video are good. I'll see how it plays on the MVP tonight.

I guess we should start a new thread for .ts to .mpg conversion.

[wtg]

As a free tool, VLC has worked very well for me as a .ts to .mpg converter. It has so many options that it can be a bit overwhelming, but it works really well. And being able to accept a stream and convert it in real-time makes it ideal for use with the HDHomeRun a few of us around here are using. I don't even same my streams as .ts format... they just pipe right through VLC directly to .MPG on disk

It does not have the ability to cut commercials out like I believe VideoRedo does however.

[Turbe]

I've had good results today using VideRedo to convert .ts to .mpg with mpeg audio. Converts quickly, file size stays about the same, audio and video are good. I'll see how it plays on the MVP tonight.

I guess we should start a new thread for .ts to .mpg conversion.

Do you automate this process in post processing (after a recording)?

[roy]

As a free tool, VLC has worked very well for me as a .ts to .mpg converter. It has so many options that it can be a bit overwhelming, but it works really well. And being able to accept a stream and convert it in real-time makes it ideal for use with the HDHomeRun a few of us around here are using. I don't even same my streams as .ts format... they just pipe right through VLC directly to .MPG on disk

It does not have the ability to cut commercials out like I believe VideoRedo does however.

I tried VLC also. Didn't like the initial results, but as you said, there are alot of options to play with. It took a loooong time to process, but the file size was down to normal mpg size from .ts size.

Do you automate this process in post processing (after a recording)?

No, I'm not to that point yet.

[wtg]

I tried VLC also. Didn't like the initial results, but as you said, there are alot of options to play with. It took a loooong time to process, but the file size was down to normal mpg size from .ts size.

This is the command line I use for converting .ts to .mpg. It's extremely fast because it doesn't do anything other than copy the program stream out of the file... no real conversion going on and the best I can tell, there's no qualify loss since the program stream is simply copied out.

Code:

"c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe" input.ts :sout=#duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=ps,dst="output.mpg"}}

It pops up the gui when it runs, and while it doesn't play the file visibly while it processes, you do have to close VLC manually when it's finished. I suspect there's a way to keep it from popping up the gui altogether, but VLC has so many friggin' options I haven't invested the time to figure it out.

[roy]

This is the command line I use for converting .ts to .mpg.

I'll give this a try. I have not had any success getting anything converted to play on the mvp. The only conversion that would play on the MVP is the FFMpeg (from sub above) that did not have any audio.

[wtg]

I'll give this a try. I have not had any success getting anything converted to play on the mvp. The only conversion that would play on the MVP is the FFMpeg (from sub above) that did not have any audio.

If it's an HD .ts file, using this command line is going to give you an HD .mpg and that's not going to play on the MVP. However, you'll at least have more tools to convert it.

HD AVI's can be played on the MVP since GB-PVR will transcode them on the fly, though it'd take some changes to the transcode command line to get it to deal with widescreen input. HD mpgs are another story. I started a thread asking how to do it and ended up with some good work-arounds. Sub had some insight that it might work in the next release based on some other work he is already doing.