Output format?

[phillyjim]

My video is coming out as ts files. Is there a way to automatically convert them to mpg files?

[Reddwarf]

There's a number of free conversion software packages you can use, but you'll have to do it in the batch file PostProcessing.bat if you want it done automatically. I prefer to use ffmpeg when I convert a recording. Do you absolutely need .mpg files?

[phillyjim]

I am transitioning from GBPVR and that uses either an automatic conversion or just outputs to mpg. I also use comskip which works well with the mpg files, but, at least my version of Comskip or my ini file doesn't do anything with the ts files.

[ga_mueller]

You need to update Comskip, which works fine with .ts files.

[johnsonx42]

gb-pvr would let you choose the output mux, either .ts, .mpg, or .dvr-ms. NextPVR is explicitly "all .ts, all the time". If you want any other format you'll have to transcode after the recording as Reddwarf says. Any recent version of comskip works with .ts files, though I seem to recall a few versions that had a bug with processing .ts files in real time.

[Reddwarf]

Any recent version of comskip works with .ts files, though I seem to recall a few versions that had a bug with processing .ts files in real time.

Yeah, and if you happen to record H.264 and want to use Comskip you need the donators version. But it is worth it and the author of Comskip deserves some buck for his work

[Graham]

My video is coming out as ts files. Is there a way to automatically convert them to mpg files?

For completeness and with apologies if I am covering old ground, .TS is a container format. The recording inside the .ts file is in the same same encoding format as the original broadcast (for digital broadcasts). My understanding is that most, if not all, broadcasts in the US are in MPEG2 format.

[Reddwarf]

For completeness and with apologies if I am covering old ground, .TS is a container format. The recording inside the .ts file is in the same same encoding format as the original broadcast (for digital broadcasts). My understanding is that most, if not all, broadcasts in the US are in MPEG2 format.

Very correct . May I add that ffmpeg can repack the recording to a mpg container without transcoding the data itself, lightning fast too!