.ts files

[Liam]

I record from a digital tv receiver to a usb drive or flash drive. The files have a .ts extension but when i try to play the with vlc player they just won't play...any ideas?

[Lotesdelere]

Please open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin if it's too long.

[squaresugar]

try open with this url format:
file/ts:///path/to/yourfile.ts

[Liam]

wont do anything..no matter how i try to open the file it does nothing...will open vlc player but all i get is a blank screen///btw where is the log file located?

[VLC_help]

btw where is the log file located?

Lotesdelere said it earlier.

[Liam]

ok this is the resulting log...

main debug: adding item `2409_0.ts' ( file:///C:/Users/Liam/Desktop/2409_0.ts )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\2409_0.ts
main debug: Creating an input for '2409_0.ts'
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 0
main debug: processing request item 2409_0.ts node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on 2409_0.ts
main debug: 2409_0.ts is at 1
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '2409_0.ts'
main debug: thread started
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:220)
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Liam\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///C:/Users/Liam/Desktop/2409_0.ts' gives access `file' demux `' path `C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\2409_0.ts'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' path='C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\2409_0.ts'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 15.000 ms - Total 15.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'file' path='C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\2409_0.ts'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\2409_0.ts'
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 25.000 ms - Total 25.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 25.000 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 2 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' path='C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\2409_0.ts'
main debug: looking for demux module: 52 candidates
ts debug: pid[8190] unknown
ts debug: pid[1103] unknown
ts debug: pid[1203] unknown
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
ts debug: eof ?
main debug: using demux module "ts"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 15655.001 ms - Total 15655.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15655.000 ms)
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\Users\Liam\Desktop\
ts debug: DEMUX_SET_GROUP 0 00000000
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Liam\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 50.000 ms - Total 50.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 50.000 ms)
main debug: `file:///C:/Users/Liam/Desktop/2409_0.ts' successfully opened
ts debug: eof ?
main debug: EOF reached
ts debug: pid list:
ts debug: - pid[1103] seen
ts debug: - pid[1203] seen
ts debug: - pid[8190] seen
ts debug: - pid[8191] seen
main debug: removing module "ts"
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Liam\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.lua
main debug: thread times: real 0m15.750021s, kernel 0m3.135620s, user 0m5.241633s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 15.000 ms - Total 15.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15.000 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for 2409_0.ts
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Liam\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.lua
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.lua
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.lua
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\04_musicbrainz.lua
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 40.000 ms - Total 40.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 40.000 ms)
main debug: art not found for 2409_0.ts
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: TIMER input launching for '2409_0.ts' : 15745.001 ms - Total 15745.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15745.000 ms)

[Liam]

The file I'm trying to play is ok cos it plays in Media player Classic...any ideas?

[VLC_help]

Have you tested VLC 2.0.0 nightly builds?
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/?C=M;O=D

[Liam]

Yes did that...still nothing...when I try to open the file there is no response from VLC

[VLC_help]

Does tool called Mediainfo complain about Format profile : No PAT/PMT ?

[Liam]

Yes I've done that..it says:

MPEG-TS (No PAT/PMT) 978 MiB, 1h 9mn
1 video stream: AVC
1 audio stream: MPEG Audio

[VLC_help]

Then VLC won't most likely open it.

You have to remux the file. IIRC tool called TsRemux might be able to remux it properly.

[Liam]

I have tried remuxing but when I play on VLC it plays a still picture...I did however (after trying loads of other freeware programmes) find this one that worked for me..it's called Free TS Converter.will convert to many different formats...and it worked .
For anyone with the same problem this is the link
http://www.topsevenreviews.com/free-ts-converter.html