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    Default DVR-MS (sindows recorded TV) support

    ** 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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    The formats page on the website is out of date. I am playing DVR-MS with no problems.

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    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


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    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
    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.
    Transcoding was set on... I was just saying that I tried playing the file with it on and off.

    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?
    The file is here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MCLTINHI). It's 2GB. I'll record a smaller file later today.

    *** 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
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    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?

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    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?

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    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).

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    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?

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    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?

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