[Mplayer-dvb] mencoder is not able to convert dvb recording from vdr

[Francesco Lotti]

On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 12:49:40PM +0100, dromtom at gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There is a simple solution :
> download PVAStrumento (search in google.com). It is a windows app, but it
> works perfectly under WINE.
> PVAStrumento converts your VDR file (TS transport stream) into a clean MPEG2
> PS (program stream). Moreover it also fixes a/v sync and repairs your stream
> in case of errors. 
> I suggest to convert all your VDR recordings to PS because the TS stream
> (=VDR file) contains a lot of additional error correction stuff which makes your
> file larger. So you can save some hundred MB and have a clean mpeg file.
> 
> Then mencoder should have nothing to complain about.

You can also use ts2ps included in dvbstream.

ciao,
Francesco