[mythtv-users] Chicago ABC OTA channel 7 recording not playing on Windows

Fri Mar 12 05:03:28 UTC 2010

VLC could not play the file either. But rather than black screen it showed
the first frame, and stopped there. Would not play anything. I also tried
Media Player Classic, and that one was able to play it.

Below is the output of the suggested mplayer command.

tjk :)

=========================
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/tjkolev/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No
such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Configuration: --enable-runtime-cpudetection --prefix=/usr
--confdir=/etc/mplayer --mandir=/usr/share/man
--win32codecsdir=/usr/lib/win32 --enable-largefiles
--disable-libdvdcss-internal --enable-smb --enable-ftp --enable-cdparanoia
--enable-radio --enable-lirc --enable-joystick --enable-xf86keysym
--disable-tremor-internal --enable-liba52 --enable-musepack --enable-speex
--enable-libvorbis --enable-mad --enable-mp3lib --enable-theora
--enable-libdv --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-tv-v4l2 --enable-alsa
--enable-ossaudio --enable-esd --enable-arts --enable-pulse --enable-nas
--enable-xinerama --enable-menu --enable-xv --enable-vm --enable-gl
--enable-xmga --enable-mga --enable-3dfx --enable-tdfxfb --enable-sdl
--enable-aa --enable-caca --enable-dxr3 --enable-xvmc --with-xvmclib=XvMCW
--enable-ggi --enable-fbdev --enable-freetype --enable-gif --enable-png
--enable-jpeg --enable-liblzo --enable-fribidi --enable-ladspa --enable-gui
--enable-mencoder
CommandLine: '-identify' '-v' '-ao' 'null' '-vo' 'null' '-frames' '0'
'1071_20100302230000.mpg'
init_freetype
get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
font: can't open file: /home/tjkolev/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/tjkolev/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file
or directory
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 81 binds
Setting up LIRC support...
get_path('1071_20100302230000.mpg.conf') ->
'/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/1071_20100302230000.mpg.conf'

Playing 1071_20100302230000.mpg.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 425334772 bytes
STREAM: [file] 1071_20100302230000.mpg
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
LAVF_check: MPEG2 transport stream format
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename 1071_20100302230000.mpg ext: .mpg
Checking for Nullsoft Streaming Video
Checking for MOV
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 64
Checking for PVA
Checking for MPEG-TS...
TRIED UP TO POSITION 0, FOUND 47, packet_size= 188, SEEMS A TS? 1
GOOD CC: 30, BAD CC: 0
TS file format detected.
DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: -1, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -2,
Checking for MPEG-TS...
TRIED UP TO POSITION 0, FOUND 47, packet_size= 188, SEEMS A TS? 1
GOOD CC: 30, BAD CC: 0
PROBING UP TO 0, PROG: 0
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 0
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 0
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 2, TLEN: 94, COLLECTED: 184
FILL_PMT(prog=1), PMT_len: 184, IS_START: 64, TS_PID: 48, SIZE=184, M=0,
ES_CNT=0, IDX=0, PMT_PTR=0x111a590
PROG DESCR, TAG=87, LEN=16(10)
PROG DESCR, TAG=87, LEN=16(10)
ERROR, descriptor len is too long, skipping
...descr id: 0x11, len=1
...descr id: 0x10, len=6
...descr id: 0x6, len=1
...descr id: 0x86, len=7
PARSE_PMT(1 INDEX 0), STREAM: 0, FOUND pid=0x31 (49), type=0x10000002,
ES_DESCR_LENGTH: 23, bytes left: 29
...descr id: 0x5, len=4
...descr id: 0x81, len=10
...descr id: 0xa, len=4
Language Descriptor: eng
PARSE_PMT(1 INDEX 1), STREAM: 1, FOUND pid=0x34 (52), type=0x2000,
ES_DESCR_LENGTH: 24, bytes left: 0
----------------------------
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 184
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
ID_VIDEO_ID=49
ID_VIDEO_ID=49
ID_VIDEO_ID=49
ID_VIDEO_ID=49

....

#Then here and there I see this:

ID_VIDEO_ID=49
ID_VIDEO_ID=49
ID_VIDEO_ID=49
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 184
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
ID_VIDEO_ID=49
ID_VIDEO_ID=49

...

#And this the end starting at line 10818
VIDEO MPEG2(pid=49) AUDIO A52(pid=52) NO SUBS (yet)!  PROGRAM N. 1
==> Found video stream: 0
ID_VIDEO_ID=49

ADDED VIDEO PID 49, type: 10000002 stream n. 0
==> Found audio stream: 0
ID_AUDIO_ID=52

ADDED AUDIO PID 52, type: 2000 stream n. 0
Opened TS demuxer, audio: 2000(pid 0), video: 10000002(pid 0)...POS=752,
PROBE=0
Searching for sequence header... COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184,
collected: 0
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 184
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 0
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 2, TLEN: 94, COLLECTED: 184
FILL_PMT(prog=1), PMT_len: 184, IS_START: 64, TS_PID: 48, SIZE=184, M=0,
ES_CNT=2, IDX=0, PMT_PTR=0x111a590
PROG DESCR, TAG=87, LEN=16(10)
PROG DESCR, TAG=87, LEN=16(10)
ERROR, descriptor len is too long, skipping
...descr id: 0x11, len=1
...descr id: 0x10, len=6
...descr id: 0x6, len=1
...descr id: 0x86, len=7
PARSE_PMT(1 INDEX 0), STREAM: 0, FOUND pid=0x31 (49), type=0x10000002,
ES_DESCR_LENGTH: 23, bytes left: 29
...descr id: 0x5, len=4
...descr id: 0x81, len=10
...descr id: 0xa, len=4
Language Descriptor: eng
PARSE_PMT(1 INDEX 1), STREAM: 1, FOUND pid=0x34 (52), type=0x2000,
ES_DESCR_LENGTH: 24, bytes left: 0
----------------------------
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 184
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 184
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
COLLECT_SECTION, start: 64, size: 184, collected: 184
SKIP: 0+1, TID: 0, TLEN: 13, COLLECTED: 184
PARSE_PAT: section_len: 13, section 0/0
PROG: 1 (1-th of 1), PMT: 48
OK!
VIDEO:  MPEG2  1280x720  (aspect 3)  59.940 fps  17994.4 kbps (2249.3
kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:29  fourcc:0x10000002  size:1280x720  fps:59.94  ftime:=0.0167
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/tjkolev/.mplayer/sub/'
ID_FILENAME=1071_20100302230000.mpg
ID_DEMUXER=mpegts
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000002
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=17994400
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=1280
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=720
ID_VIDEO_FPS=59.940
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=8192
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_LENGTH=189.10
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Trying filter chain: vo
VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO Config (1280x720->1280x720,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x4D504553)
VO: [null] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Mpeg PES
VO: Description: Null video output
VO: Author: Aaron Holtzman <aholtzma at ess.engr.uvic.ca>
Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm: mpegpes (MPEG-PES output (.mpg or
DXR3/IVTV/DVB/V4L2 card))
==========================================================================
ID_VIDEO_CODEC=mpegpes
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
dec_audio: Allocating 3840 bytes for input buffer.
dec_audio: Allocating 6144 + 65536 = 71680 bytes for output buffer.
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  384.0 kbit/s
A52 flags before a52_frame: 0x2A
A52 flags after a52_frame: 0xA
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=384000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [null] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
AO: Description: Null audio output
AO: Author: Tobias Diedrich
<ranma+mplayer at tdiedrich.de<ranma%2Bmplayer at tdiedrich.de>
>
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=a52
Starting playback...

Uninit audio filters...
[libaf] Removing filter dummy
Uninit audio: liba52
Uninit video: mpegpes
vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited..

Exiting... (End of file)

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:11:22AM -0600, TJ Kolev wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I only have a MythTV backend (on Ubuntu), and use Win 7 media center to
> > watch the recordings. All is fine, except the recordings for WLS (ABC7,
> RF
> > channel 44) won't play. The files play fine in xine on my separate Ubuntu
> > desktop box. On Windows, media player just shows a black screen,
> Quicktime
> > and the XviD play promptly crash.
>
>    Install VLC box on windows and see what happens.
>
>   Poke the file with mplayer and see what it spits out.
>
>      mplayer -identify -v -ao null -vo null \
>          -frames  0 /home/media/Video/2075_20100304090000.mpg
>
> >
> > Does anyone has a clue what the issue is? I am assuming the mpeg format
> is
> > not a flavor Windows likes. What tools can I use to find more information
> > about the file, so I can see what's different between it and one for say
> > NBC? Then perhaps I'll have an idea how to go about handling it.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > tjk :)
>
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