** sorry about the typo... topic should be (Windows recorded TV) **
The website doesn't list this format but thought I'd check just in case... Any chance Mezzmo supports this format and/or can transcode to other formats?
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** sorry about the typo... topic should be (Windows recorded TV) **
The website doesn't list this format but thought I'd check just in case... Any chance Mezzmo supports this format and/or can transcode to other formats?
The formats page on the website is out of date. I am playing DVR-MS with no problems.
On what device (and profile) and with or without transcoding enabled?
I've tried the following file on both my Samsung BD-C5500 (device profile: Samsung BDP) and Samsung LN46C600 (device profile: Samsung C) without any luck. Transcoding is turned on.
FFmpeg info:
FFmpeg version SVN-r26071, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 22 2010 10:30:32 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --arch=x86 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-zlib --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffplay --prefix=/media/windows-share/ffmpeg --extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__ --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 50.35. 0 / 50.35. 0
libavcore 0.16. 0 / 0.16. 0
libavcodec 52.100. 0 / 52.100. 0
libavformat 52.88. 0 / 52.88. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 2 / 52. 2. 2
libavfilter 1.69. 0 / 1.69. 0
libswscale 0.12. 0 / 0.12. 0
[mpeg2video @ 01637cd0] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
Last message repeated 1 times
[asf @ 018ae0b0] max_analyze_duration reached
Input #0, asf, from '\\Dns321\Volume_1\Media\\Test Videos\The Mentalist_KPHO_06_01_2011_21_00_03.dvr-ms':
Metadata:
DVR Index Granularity: 500
WM/SubTitle : Bloodsport
WM/SubTitleDescription: A woman's body is found at a mixed martial arts match; Rigsby is forced to ask Cho for a favor.
genre : Drama,Series
WM/MediaCredits : Simon Baker/Robin Tunney/Tim Kang/Owain Yeoman/Amanda Righetti;Roxann Dawson;;Pruitt Taylor Vince/Rey Valentin/Vasili Bogazianos/Sherman Augustus/Jake McLaughlin/Jaimi Paige/Paola Turbay/T.C. Carson/Robert Pine/Richard Roundtree/Valente Rodriguez/Amy Flanagan/Sho Brown/Eileen Grubba/Sam Doumit
WM/ParentalRating:
WM/ParentalRatingReason:
WM/ProviderRating:
WM/OriginalReleaseTime: 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
WM/MediaStationCallSign: KPHO
WM/MediaStationName: KPHO
WM/MediaNetworkAffiliation: CBS Affiliate
WM/MediaOriginalChannel: 5
WM/MediaOriginalBroadcastDateTime: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
WM/WMRVServiceID: 28458627
WM/WMRVProgramID: !67CEDBF1621D8AC8B5A3F862BE63E829!
WM/MediaOriginalRunTime: 1640261
WM/WMRVEncodeTime: 2136253
WM/MediaIsStereo: 1
WM/VideoClosedCaptioning: 1
WM/MediaIsRepeat: 0
WM/MediaIsLive : 0
WM/MediaIsTape : 0
WM/MediaIsDelay : 0
WM/MediaIsSubtitled: 0
WM/MediaIsMovie : 0
WM/MediaIsPremiere: 0
WM/MediaIsFinale: 0
WM/MediaIsSAP : 0
WM/WMRVRequestID: 240
WM/WMRVScheduleItemID: 652
WM/WMRVQuality : 3
WM/WMRVOriginalSoftPrePadding: 184
WM/WMRVOriginalSoftPostPadding: 180
WM/WMRVActualSoftPrePadding: 0
WM/WMRVHardPrePadding: 0
WM/Provider : Zap2it
WM/ProviderCopyright: © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=8430
WM/WMRVEndTime : 1241137
WM/WMRVExpirationDate: 1844674
WM/WMRVBitrate : 1271310
WM/WMRVKeepUntil: 184
WM/WMRVHardPostPadding: 0
WM/WMRVActualSoftPostPadding: 180
WM/WMRVContentProtectedPercent: 0
WM/WMRVInBandRatingSystem: 255
WM/WMRVInBandRatingLevel: 255
WM/WMRVInBandRatingAttributes: 0
WM/WMRVWatched : 0
WM/WMRVATSCContent: 0
WM/WMRVDTVContent: 1
WM/WMRVHDContent: 0
WM/WMRVContentProtected: 0
WM/MediaThumbTimeStamp: 1844674
WM/MediaThumbWidth: 360
WM/MediaThumbHeight: 240
WM/MediaThumbStride: 108
WM/MediaThumbRet: 0
WM/MediaThumbType: 3
WM/MediaThumbRatingSystem: 255
WM/MediaThumbRatingLevel: 255
WM/MediaThumbRatingAttributes: 0
WM/MediaThumbAspectRatioX: 4
WM/MediaThumbAspectRatioY: 3
WMFSDKVersion : 11.0.6002.18049
WMFSDKNeeded : 0.0.0.0000
VBR Peak : 801
IsVBR : 1
title : The Mentalist
artist :
copyright :
comment :
Duration: 01:02:56.18, start: 1.159000, bitrate: 8113 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: [0][0][0][0] / 0x0000, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 256 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Invalid Codec type -1
Stream #0.2: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 12000 kb/s, 30.61 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
At least one output file must be specified
---> DB Level Info: 8
You need transcoding turned on - I don't think any device can play DVR-MS natively (maybe the XBox can?). We've also added support for WTV and that'll be available with the next minor update.
It appears that FFmpeg is not recognizing the audio stream in that file - can you please upload this file to a site like www.megaupload.com so that we could check it here using the latest FFmpeg build?
Transcoding was set on... I was just saying that I tried playing the file with it on and off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis
The file is here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MCLTINHI). It's 2GB. I'll record a smaller file later today.Quote:
It appears that FFmpeg is not recognizing the audio stream in that file - can you please upload this file to a site like www.megaupload.com so that we could check it here using the latest FFmpeg build?
*** here's a smaller file (120MB) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FPVMINDG. It was recorded on the same Win Vista Media Center PC. FFmpeg attributes are same as larger file. I also ran a tool called MediaInfo against the files to see if it recognized the audio streams. It recognized it as MPEG audion. The MediaInfo data is pasted below.
Audio
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 2mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Video delay : -64ms
Stream size : 5.80 MiB (5%)
Language : English
Thank you for the files. I've checked them here and they're not recognized with a later build of FFmpeg either. I'll be making a new build later today and I'll re-test it some more. Unfortunately until FFmpeg developers fix this, we cannot process such files.
Is there any way to change the audio recording format?
I don't know of anyway to change audio formats. It was recorded on a mid range HP desktop using Windows Media Center on Windows Vista Home. I'm surprised that it wouldn't be something special. I'll check some other forums and see what I can find out.
Is there anyway that I can force Mezzmo to try and decode these DVR-MS files as MPEG audio?
We'll do some tests here recording as well and see if we can find any settings or codec configurations that can be used to tweak this. Mezzmo will try to transcode those files, but since FFmpeg does not recognize the stream, it doesn't proceed and there's no way for us to tell FFmpeg that it's an MPEG audio stream (as far as I know).
So far haven't found away to change my encoding format. Did come across this version of ffmpeg which was created specifically to read DVR-MS files and MUX them into MPG containers. Could this be used by Mezzmo?
No, that build of FFmpeg is really outdated (it's built in 2007) - the command line parameters may have changed since then, so Mezzmo will not be able to interact with it properly. It also doesn't contain some necessary components (like libx264, for example) that Mezzmo expects.
Does that FFmpeg work with your files better than the one supplied with Mezzmo?