.ts files

[cbr1100]

I have a few .ts hd files that gbpver won't play but they play fine in media player. When I selct the file in gbpvr and hit play I get a black screen with 2 little different colour bars that are like 2"L by 1"H in the right hand corners. When I press the back button on the remote I am back to the videos menu.

[sub]

There is no built in support for playing .ts files in GB-PVR. These are quite different from other types of media file.

You might get lucky if you got the appropriate directshow filters on your machine, but I dont know what they would be.

[cbr1100]

funny that it works in media player 9 and 10.

[sub]

By default WMP also cant play .ts files. What did you install to enable this? That may give us the clue if it is something compatible with GB-PVR or not.

[rowle1jt]

I know Cyberlink's PowerDVD can play *.ts files.... as I have done it. Perhaps that installs a codec to make it possible?

[sub]

There are quite a few things that can be installed for playing transport stream files, but only some of these will work with GB-PVR, which is why I asked what he installed.

[cbr1100]

This is a dedicated media machine and pretty much the only thing I installed is purevideo. Which kicks in when I open it in media player but not if I open it in gbpvr.

[cbr1100]

One more thing. If I rename the file to a .mpg file media player still plays it fine including the 5.1 audio but gbpvr just plays the audio with no video.

[-stattik-]

Descaler allows TS files to be played in WMP. Both audio and Video is process by descaler. When choosen in GBPVR, the graph is built using the mpeg2 audio decoder.

Code:

12:48:26.216 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(Z:\CSI NY\CSI NY_20060628_21002200.ts) 12:48:26.232 VERBOSE Creating new graph 12:48:26.232 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer) 12:48:26.263 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode) 12:48:26.263 VERBOSE detected FPS as 30.000000 12:48:26.263 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder) 12:48:26.294 VERBOSE audio decoder filter: MPEG Audio Decoder 12:48:26.294 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredDecoder) 12:48:26.326 VERBOSE video decoder filter: DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder 12:48:26.341 VERBOSE Using GB-PVR Parser 12:48:26.372 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: GB-PVR Parser 12:48:26.372 VERBOSE Rendering graph 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters) 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters: 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE - SOURCE 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE - DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE - MPEG Audio Decoder 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE - Video Renderer 12:48:26.419 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles) 12:48:26.560 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playFile() done 12:48:26.560 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase::setPlaybackRate(1.000000) 12:48:26.560 VERBOSE Restoring audio

Nothing happens in the GBPVR GUI when selecting a TS file. Hope this helps.

[cbr1100]

What is Descaler? Is it something I need to install? Right now the media machine is hooked up to a sd tv