[mythtv-users] Playing MPEG2 nuv files under windows

cythrault at gmail.com cythrault at gmail.com
Fri Jun 24 01:35:28 UTC 2005


On 6/23/05, Scott Harris <sharris at synthys.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael Anthon
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:11 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Playing MPEG2 nuv files under windows
> >
> > What do people suggest for playing an MPEG2 nuv file under
> > windows.  The file is recorded in TS mode from a DVB card.
> >
> > I find that I can play these using Nero Showtime but not with
> > WMP or VLC.  This is fine for my desktop but my wife wants to
> > watch some stuff on her (work) laptop that has WMP only.  I
> > definitely can't install Showtime on there (because it
> > refuses to install unless the machine contains a suitable
> > CD/DVD burner since it was bundled with my burner).
> >
> > The odd thing is that I was able to dump a video stream using
> > the following...
> >
> > dvbstream -qam 64 -cr 3_4 -gi 16 -bw 7 -tm 8 -f 191625 -ps -o
> > 513 660 > test.mpg
> >
> >
> 
> I wanted to watch at work also and only had WMP.  I made a symlink
> to my /video from my web and did the usual right click to download.
> IE changed the file name to mpeg.  I just let it go, thinking I would
> change it back later.  After the file downloaded I just double clicked
> on it out of curiosity.  Sure enough WMP opened it up and played just fine.

You may want to try mplayer. No gui but less bloated then wmp.

http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/win32/MPlayer-mingw32-1.0pre7.zip

-- 
cyth


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