Playing TS files with mvpmc

[peanut]

I have copped the pvrx2 patch and installed it. Done some recordings today and got one that skips well and one doesn’t (this is the first ts file I’ve been able to skip with mvp thanks). I played the good one and done a skip (about 10sec long) then played the bad one and done the same. Attached logs. The bad one time line looks good but the time starts at 6-40-45 and ends at 9-48-36 and it run good on the pc and on the pc it starts at 0 ends at 3-07-50

[Bobins]

I'm also trying to get SD TS files to play on the MVP as an alternative to transcode (which has proved hit & miss for me so far). I'd also like to try live TV on the MVP too.

Using mvpmc in emulation mode, the TS file will play but won't skip as the timeline shows a 1 second recording.

What is absolutely true though is if you rename a TS file to MPG, it shows the correct timeline and seems to work great with all control features.

Perhaps SUB could create a config option that we could set to cause the MVP to process .TS files as if they were .MPG?

If this worked, would we be able to watch a show on the MVP whilst it was recording or even watch live TV via the timeshift buffer?

[Jaggy]

Oddly enough I have been following your thread on transcoding in the zprocess forum as for me while the renamed to .mpg SD recordings sometimes have a good timeline it is hit & miss as some (LOTS) have a really bad timeline & are impossible to skip or resume on. As I said above I don't know enough about this stuff & it is really frustrating that some work really well but lots don't. So I have been looking at your transcode profile which works really well for my recording....only problem it is so slow to transcode. The Mencoder line that Martin posted is really fast (about 1 minute for a 1/2 hour recording) but the skip isn't perfect.

[soccerdad]

I also tested renaming .ts to mpg and although it does play well, the timeline was way off (5 minutes for a 2 hour show).

[mvallevand]

Oddly enough I have been following your thread on transcoding in the zprocess forum as for me while the renamed to .mpg SD recordings sometimes have a good timeline it is hit & miss as some (LOTS) have a really bad timeline & are impossible to skip or resume on. As I said above I don't know enough about this stuff & it is really frustrating that some work really well but lots don't. So I have been looking at your transcode profile which works really well for my recording....only problem it is so slow to transcode. The Mencoder line that Martin posted is really fast (about 1 minute for a 1/2 hour recording) but the skip isn't perfect.

If the a/v stays in sync that means the encoding I was trying for is working, since it is really for on-the-fly use. If skipping is failing this more than likely is a bad timeline, which as I explained earlier in this thread can really only be fixed with a transcode (ie what Bobins script does).

Anyway I am getting really confused and lost on all the threads about ts streams and transcoding for the MVP that seem to be overtaking this forum, that I am going to step back. I think I have pointed out that mvpmc can fix some things and sub might be able to make things better in the future but if the current defaults or zprocess don't work for you I think the best bet is to learn some simple mencoder and ffmpeg (even trying nightly builds) commands to tweak your own postprocessing.bat files. This is not the one-size-fits all solution like xvid/divx avi's

Bobin's quote "What is absolutely true..." reminds me of the reported quote from an ex-Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau who served 25+ years when asked his feelings about the maxim "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" He said "That's true, but not absolutely true"

Martin

[soccerdad]

I am trying the patch sub posted on page 3 of this thread, but zprocess is still trying to transcode it. What is the easiest way to disable it so I can try this patch that tells the MVP that .ts files are mpg files?

[Jaggy]

I am trying the patch sub posted on page 3 of this thread, but zprocess is still trying to transcode it. What is the easiest way to disable it so I can try this patch that tells the MVP that .ts files are mpg files?

I suspect you will need to add <MvpTranscodeTS>false</MvpTranscodeTS> (or change it from "true" if it is already there) to your config.xml, I just popped it in amongst the other MvpTranscodes options.

[Bobins]

In my case the <MvpTranscodeTS>false</MvpTranscodeTS> line wasn't in the config at all (with true or false) and just putting it in the general or "default" MVP area didn't work.

I had to add the line into an area specifically identified by the MVP's MAC address.

[sub]

Ok, there are two ways that <MVPTranscodeTS> can be set. At the settings level changing it to false doesn't seem to be read. At the mvpspecific level it is read but only when I am not a PCH.

Unfortunately with the PCH emulating an MVP the time still showed as 1 second.
There was a new log entry though ... First PTS is: 2431440000

Martin

Sorry, I looked at the code, and found the problem. To get it to work you'd have to have <MvpTranscodeTS>false</MvpTranscodeTS> at the settings level, and <MVPTranscodeTS>false</MVPTranscodeTS> at the MAC specific level. Note the difference in case between these two.

I'll tidy this up in the next release.

[Jaggy]

and <MVPTranscodeTS>false</MVPTranscodeTS> at the MAC specific level.

Is the "MAC specific" section there by default....I'm a bit lost as to exactly where I am meant to add the second (with capital MVP) line?