When microsoft DVR-MS selected recordings are TSfiles

[Sunken]

Sub or whoever, I have decided to record in mpeg from TV rather than TS as the manual convert to AVI does not seem to work. I made the change to microsoft DVR-MS in misc2 in config but the recordings are still in mpeg TS format. Any reason for this or have I missunderstood the process?

Thanks.
Duncan

[stustunz]

untick multirecord maybe
dvr-ms is not mpeg by the way to record in mpeg you need the ati-mux or cyberlink-mux

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Initially I thought that was the problem as it remained ticked after I made the change but inticked it and rebooted, no difference.
any othe ideas? Thanks Duncan

dvr-ms is avi isn't it? which i understand is a container for what?

[stustunz]

sorry i have miss lead you
as you are recording dvb-t im not sure you can
you will have to wait for someone else to confirm though

[bgowland]

NZ DVB-T video is H.264 (mpeg4) - I saw sub mention in another post that this will always use the TS mux to record.

In answer to your question about dvr-ms, it's part of the ASF spec. (as are avi and wmv and others). Dvr-ms is a container for mpeg2 video and mpeg1 or mpeg2 audio.

Cheers,
Brian

[sub]

The above is correct. H.264 will always record into a .ts file. You cant have this type of video in a .mpg or .dvr-ms file.

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Thanks for the clarification.
TS it will have to be then. Sub, I used a free TSconverter application to try and convert TS files and successfully converted a test UK TS file supplied in a 'how to' guide. When I tried a TS file generated by GBPVR the AVC2AVI process could not open the TS file. Is this because DVB-T TS files differ from others? It would appear that TS files are not strickly one particular format and this application cannot handle the NZ kind.

Thanks
Duncan

[sub]

Most apps dont like the new HE-AAC audio format used in New Zealand. Only a few apps like GB-PVR can handle it. The UK just uses the good ole MPEG1 Layer 2 audio which pretty much everything can handle.