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

[Christoph Martin]

Am Sam, 2002-03-02 um 13.07 schrieb 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.

hmm. ts2ps is not in dvbstream but in the mpegtools directory of the DVB
drivers. To get the PIDs I used tspids but it segfaults on the sample
file.

Christoph