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654411 2008-03-30 22:51:00 Im`recording a TV program from a digital receiver to an external hard drive.When I connect this hard drive to my computer and try to play the recording,it tells me cannot play a .ts file.I tried it with Windows Media Player and VLC player,nothing works.My system is XP home.What can I do ? optusone (11671)
654412 2008-03-30 22:57:00 Would it need converting to a .mpeg or .avi or something?

Most media players won't play transport stream files, although I thought VLC did.

What does the recording software your using say about it?

Womble (www.womble.com) will convert it, but it's not free. I dunno if a free program like Super would do it.
wratterus (105)
654413 2008-03-30 22:58:00 You may have to convert it to Mpeg format.

See if Super can do it (www.erightsoft.com)

Link is on the bottom of the page
Speedy Gonzales (78)
654414 2008-03-30 23:00:00 According to This article (www.afterdawn.com) VLC player will play .ts files, - it explains how wainuitech (129)
654415 2008-03-30 23:42:00 Yes I've never had a problem with VLC playing .ts files.
But it could be the type of codec that is being used in the .ts file.
What are you recording?
CYaBro (73)
654416 2008-03-31 00:54:00 If these are from the dvb-t broadcast currently happening over here, I've had problems with vlc trying to play these files. Not sure whether it's the h.264 bit it doesn't like or the aac audio...

I tried recording CSI last night off DVB-T to get a nice 1080i video, but nothing I've got will play it.....
psycik (12851)
654417 2008-03-31 02:10:00 If you are recording with MediaPortal it records in .ts and can playback the .ts files. Bantu (52)
654418 2008-04-06 23:17:00 I´m recording Freeview New Zealand(no high definition) via Digital Receiver (UltraPlus780micro) onto an external hard drive.The user manual for this receiver says:TransportStream=MPEG2 ISO/IEC13818 , ProfileLevel=MPEG2 MP@ML
When I connect the external hard drive to my computer(XP home) and try to playback,the small VLC-window comes up and the little cursor in it does move,but no picture builds up.If I go on the "Audio" or "Video" bar,it says "empty".
optusone (11671)
654419 2008-04-07 00:56:00 You will most likely need to install the h.264 codec from some place. jermsie (6820)
654420 2008-04-07 01:34:00 Install K-Lite Codec Pack 3.8.5 FULL - Thats got the h.264 coded bundled with it. (I'm pretty sure).

www.free-codecs.com
wratterus (105)
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