Error opening a DVR-MS file

[Methoxy]

Hi

I seem to have a corrupted DVR-MS file which VRD can't open - I get "MPEG audio Layer 1 is not supported".

The file is an OTA SD (PAL, I'm in Aust) recording. I recorded another program immediately before the one VRD can't read (to get the start of the program I was after) and VRD has no issue with it. VRD has never had an issue with anything I've ever recorded with MC.

Media Centre can play the file without any observable issues.

I've tried running QSF on it, but it spends a huge amount of time not copying much at all, and the resulting mpg isn't playable.

I've tried lopping the first couple of seconds off the file (12MB) and QSF'ing that, but it then says something about not being able to open transport streams (can't recall exactly). I've also set Skip Encoder Conformity Checks, and Ignore Transport Stream Maps, all to no avail.

And finally, after having attempted to open the dvr-ms file, when I close VRD I get an application exception and the standard MS dialog offering to send an error report.

I'm using the current beta version 497 (release version 491 does the same thing).

Is there anything else I can try?

regards
Michael

[phd]

MPEG Layer 1 audio is not supported by VideoReDo.

Has something changed with your capture settings?

[Methoxy]

No, and it was my understanding that recorded video is basically the digital TS stream wrapped with metadata. And as I said, the start of the TV program was in the first recording which is fine, while the remainder is in the second file which is unreadable, so any settings (which MC doesn't have in any case) can't have changed in the fraction of a second between media centre closing the first file and opening the second. Its very fustrating..

[DanR]

Methoxy, I wonder if you have a copy protected file from MCE? MCE/DVR-MS files are NOT TS streams wrapped in metadata. The elementary streams are the same, but wrapping is entirely different. Recently MCE and broadcasters have started copy protecting material, even normal over-the-air recordings that you would think are not copy protected. The files aren't labelled as such so its tough to determine if they are copy protected without trying to play them in other applications (like VideoReDo) or on another computer. You can try playing the original in Windows Media Player. If it doesn't play there then there's a good change that there's a problem.

Finally, if you open the file in VideoReDo can you navigate around the entire file?

[Methoxy]

I wondered that myself, but I can open it with Media Player on the PC that I'm trying to edit it with. On the Media Centre PC, under the properties of the file it says its not protected, but that obviously doesn't mean much.

If the broadcast was protected, would VDR have been able to read the first few minutes that were included at the tail of the 1st recording?

I've even joined the 1st and 2nd files together (using another app) but presumably VRD gets duration from the header because it doesn't see anything past the duration of the 1st recording in the joined file. Are there tools available to manually change this, or is joining video files like this never going to work?

In future I'll set the first program to keep recording 90 minutes over time to capture what I'm really after. It looks like I'm stuck with the dvr-ms recording for this one.

michael

[pistnbroke]

You could always try something like ' TS Converter ' to convert it to an mpg or TS file then see if VR opens it. I have had it happen to me on the odd occasion and this worked for me....