Broadcast to TV via Media Center

[JHVANRIPER]

Hi,

Trying to create a media center server to my TV. I have 2 options for displaying the media files. I can see the PS3 Media Server or my WIN 10 Media Server on both Dish Network Media or my Vizeo Smart TV. Now here is the problem. I can click on my .ts or my .mpg files and neither will play the file. Is there a way to have Next PVR save in the MP4 format? I also have WIN TV 8. Both software are saving scheduled TV.

I want a dont touch anything, everything just works solution rather than a you can convert the files manually using this freeware / payware solution. WIN TV 8 is saving .mpg files. I believe it is converting the .ts file after the initial creation.

I have already downloaded DIVX, which seems to have a pretty good manual converter solution but the conversion process is slow, even on my dedicated gaming PC. I also have Wondershare, which seems to be faster. (but I dont want to have to use these)

Thanks

[mvallevand]

No NextPVR doesn't support saving in MP4 format. Files can be converted (I see several referrences here to MCE Buddy doing to it but that basically is just a simpler front end to ffmpeg) but the conversion process is slow as you found with DivX.

Martin

[pBS]

if it's just a "container" problem, ei: tv won't play mpeg2 or h264 in .ts container, then it's really fast if you only change container format [remux] with ffmpeg..
i typically get 1000fps when only remuxing with ffmpeg, meaning a hour show only takes a minute or less to convert...

i would check the tv documentation for formats actually playable on your tv to make sure, as .ts is very popular these days and one of the few containers that can contain both mpeg2 and h264 compression video..

if .mp4 really is the only thing that works, you can automatically convert files in postprocessing.bat by adding ffmpeg line in there..
this is the line i use to remux files when they are damaged: [normally i keep the .ts output format]

Code:

"ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -copyinkf -vcodec copy -acodec copy  "%~dpn1mp4"

remember to delete original if you don't need it after conversion..
and you'll need to adjust database if you want to still see them in npvr..
[or just keep original files]

note: you'll need decently newish ffmpeg for that line to work..[tho i'm using a 2016 ver]

[p37307]

pBS, shouldn't that be "%~dpn1.mp4"?

[pBS]

yep..my bad..