[mythtv-users] Surprise: cannot play some recordings in VLC

[Brian K Boonstra]

Lately I've been playing my recordings in VLC rather than the frontend (basically due to bug 9223), and it has been working fine.  I use mythlink.pl, find the show I want to watch, and go.

This weekend I recorded (off US broadcast TV) the NFL games, though, and VLC will not play them.  MythFrontend _can_ play them so clearly the files are not corrupted, or at least not fatally so.  

FWIW, I include below what VLC says about the file (and I'll note I am somewhat surprised at 720p rather than 1080i for a high-profile US broadcast).  Has anyone ever encountered a recorded broadcast the VLC won't play?  Is there some extension I need?

   -Brian



(Stream 1)
Type: 	Video
Orig ID:	49
Codec:	MPEG-1/2 video (mpgv)
Resolution:	1280x720
Frame Rate:	119.880120
(Stream 2)
Type: 	Audio
Orig ID:	52
Codec:	A52 (aka AC3) (a52 )
Language:	English
Channels:	3F2R/LFE
Sample Rate:	48000 Hz
Bitrate:	448kb/s