[MEncoder-users] parsing m2ts files

[Corey Hickey]

James Hastings-Trew wrote:
> Because of the decoder errors I encountered with m2ts files containing 
> h264 video streams (noted previously) I updated my mplayer and mencoder 
> to the latest versions. Unfortunately, the problem remains. Because of 
> this, I'm having to decode the video with an AviSynth script rather than 
> directly. Is there a problem with mplayer/mencoder's h264 decoder that 
> is not shared by the DirectShow decoder (default or ffdshow), because 
> when I use either of those decoders, all of the visual errors (smearing, 
> coloured macroblocks) vanish. AviSynth handling  is definitely not a 
> cross-platform solution, and is quite a bit slower than being able to 
> directly read the files.

I presume you will need to upload a file with which your problem may be
reproduced. Unless somebody who has been paying more attention than I
have says your problem is a known bug, follow the instructions here:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_playback

-Corey