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.rec files aren't much non-standard, they are simply mpeg2 (in the case of the Topfield pvr5800t) data with extra programme/channel data at the start. Simple for a media player to skip over. .ts files are just the mpeg2 data, transport stream for broadcast. I and others have been using VLC to playba...

Try the download in j-b's post in viewtopic.php?f=2&t=80106

Can you try: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/branch-20100727-0202/ to see if it fixes it? Thankyou for that. I can confirm 1.1.2-git 20100727_0213 WILL playback (all) those transport stream files that failed on 1.1.1, and of course .AVI .MPG and dshow streaming that I also use it for that...

I always keep the installer for the most recent version. Luckily, as I've just had to install v1.1.0 again. v1.1.1 which upgrade I accepted today, fails to do at all, the task for which I use it most - playing transport stream files recorded from DVB-T If I'd not kept the installer for v1.1.0, I'd b...

I just started VLC 1.1.0 to play a .rec file from a Topfield PVR, which it was doing correctly. I then had the upgrade VLC box displayed and went through the process. Now VLC 1.1.1 won't play any .ts (Humax PVR) data.(no extension) (Technotrend PVR) or .rec files including files previously successfu...