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Hi @all,

i´m not sure if this board is the right place. It´s the official VLC board isnt it?

VLC can play a lot formats "out of the box" with no special settings - no question.

But i bought a new DVB-S(2) receiver.
This one recordes x.ts files too, like the old one. But i´m not able to play them with VLC 2.24.
AVIdemuxer does, but that´s NOT a 100% usable player:

So where can i upload a small original file from this STB, so the bug or whatever it is for further investigations by some who has more knowledge than me.

bye aitte

P.S. MX Player (Android) does play this files

I play .ts files all the time with VLC, does it even open them?
If so, what is the error message?

the VLC just do nothing. Just show the VLC logo

It´s regardless if i open the files by doubleclick or drag and drop.

Other Ts files from the old DVB-S just play automatically


so where can i upload an example of such a ts file recorded by my new DVB-S?
by the way it´s this one http://www.strong.tv/en/products/high-d ... rs/srt7004

so i found a player that plays these little different ts files

its beside to avidemuxer the
SMPlayer V 16.8.0
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/


c´mon VLC guys - what´s wrong with your movie player oldie

This one recordes x.ts files too, like the old one. But i´m not able to play them with VLC 2.24.

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

Also upload a short sample of a problematic file to either http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to Zippyshare.com (200 MB max) or to EmbedUpload.com, the latter will upload the file for you to several other hosts (use the default ones) and then post the link to the file here.

If needed cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57724&p=193335#p193335
50 MB max should be enough.

This one recordes x.ts files too, like the old one. But i´m not able to play them with VLC 2.24.

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

Also upload a short sample of a problematic file to either http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to Zippyshare.com (200 MB max) or to EmbedUpload.com, the latter will upload the file for you to several other hosts (use the default ones) and then post the link to the file here.

First of all thank you for your reply
the error message only says
core info: stopping playback that´s all

and here is a sample without any editing http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/j1yc2Xfb/file.html
just what i get with the STB mentioned above.

the error message only says
core info: stopping playback that´s all

As said before, we need the full resulting log, from the very beginning to the very end.

sorry, i missed the word Verbosity

core debug: processing request item: 0001.TS, node: Wiedergabeliste, skip: 0
core debug: resyncing on 0001.TS
core debug: 0001.TS is at 0
core debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
core debug: resyncing on 0001.TS
core debug: 0001.TS is at 0
core debug: creating new input thread
core debug: Creating an input for '0001.TS'
core debug: requesting art for 0001.TS
core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\winoin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
core debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
core debug: searching art for 0001.TS
core debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\winoin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
core debug: no art finder modules matched
core debug: art not found for 0001.TS
core debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\WINO~1\AppData\Local\Temp'
core debug: `file:///C:/%5BBBC%20World%20News__2016-09-03%2012'59'24%5D/0001.TS' gives access `file' demux `' path `/C:/%5BBBC%20World%20News__2016-09-03%2012'59'24%5D/0001.TS'
core debug: specified demux `any'
core debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/C:/%5BBBC%20World%20News__2016-09-03%2012'59'24%5D/0001.TS' file='C:\[BBC World News__2016-09-03 12'59'24]\0001.TS'
core debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 12 candidates
core debug: no access_demux modules matched
core debug: creating access 'file' location='/C:/%5BBBC%20World%20News__2016-09-03%2012'59'24%5D/0001.TS', path='C:\[BBC World News__2016-09-03 12'59'24]\0001.TS'
core debug: looking for access module matching "file": 21 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `C:\[BBC World News__2016-09-03 12'59'24]\0001.TS'
core debug: using access module "filesystem"
core debug: Using stream method for AStream*
core debug: starting pre-buffering
core debug: received first data after 0 ms
core debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
core debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 6 candidates
core debug: no stream_filter modules matched
core debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 6 candidates
core debug: using stream_filter module "record"
core debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/C:/%5BBBC%20World%20News__2016-09-03%2012'59'24%5D/0001.TS' file='C:\[BBC World News__2016-09-03 12'59'24]\0001.TS'
core debug: looking for demux module matching "any": 66 candidates
ts debug: pid[163] unknown
ts debug: pid[92] unknown
ts debug: PATCallBack called
ts debug: new PAT ts_id=1026 version=8 current_next=1
ts debug: * number=0 pid=16
ts debug: * number=10030 pid=1838
ts debug: * number=10050 pid=1858
ts debug: * number=10063 pid=1100
ts debug: * number=10067 pid=1090
ts debug: * number=10079 pid=4100
ts debug: * number=10080 pid=1050
ts debug: * number=10081 pid=4200
ts debug: * number=10082 pid=256
ts debug: * number=10083 pid=257
ts debug: * number=10099 pid=1907
ts debug: eof ?
core debug: using demux module "ts"
core debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\[BBC World News__2016-09-03 12'59'24]\
ts debug: DEMUX_SET_GROUP 0 0000000000000000
core debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\winoin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac
core debug: no meta reader modules matched
core debug: `file:///C:/%5BBBC%20World%20News__2016-09-03%2012'59'24%5D/0001.TS' successfully opened
ts debug: eof ?
core debug: EOF reached
core debug: finished input
core debug: removing module "ts"
ts debug: pid list:
ts debug: - pid[0] seen
ts debug: - pid[92] seen
ts debug: - pid[163] seen
ts debug: - pid[8191] seen
core debug: removing module "record"
core debug: removing module "filesystem"
core debug: dead input
core debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
core debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input

the error message only says
core info: stopping playback that´s all

As said before, we need the full resulting log, from the very beginning to the very end.

so Lotesdelere

Don´t put me on the rack.

What´s wrong here with VLC 2.2.4 and these special kind of .ts files

Hello,

I seem to have exactly the same Problem here on OSX:
The same file plays well using MPlayerX. The format is H264, 1920x1080, 25 fps, AC-3 384 kbps 48Hz, 2 channels. Same problem on 3.0.0 Nighlybuild

Sample file: http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/GWA14jeq/file.html

I think your issue is similar/related to the one I have reported in this forum under the thread "Windows VLC player unable to play (.TSV) file".
In my case it appears if there might be a lot of "garbage" inside the video (.ts) file which is confusing VLC Player.

I tried processing your file through ffmpeg ( >ffmpeg -i out.ts -c: copy out_ffmpeg.ts ) and the resulting file (out_ffmpeg.ts) is played correctly by vlcplayer.
I had previously tried the same method with a video file created by a PVR (Aldi/Bauhm TV), which VLC player refused to play.
The file, after processing (copy streams) through ffmpeg, was smaller (about 400Mb in 2,200Mb) and played properly with VLC player.

Joe.

@jm3767: you are right. Filtering with ffmpeg cleans the file. But this is not sufficient because at the end I intend to use VLC to steam from a life source providing this stream (DVB-C live TV channel from VDR with streamdev-server plugin). VLC has my favourite channels in the playlist and shall work without additional filtering in between. Strange is, that a lot of channels from my cable supplier work well with VLC, but some are poisoned...

Hello,

I seem to have exactly the same Problem here on OSX:

The same file plays well using MPlayerX. The format is H264, 1920x1080, 25 fps, AC-3 384 kbps 48Hz, 2 channels. Same problem on 3.0.0 Nighlybuild

Sample file: http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/GWA14jeq/file.html

also .ts !
What STB did you use exactly?

Its vdr-2.2.0 running on an Debian HTPC. For this specific channel the dvbapi plugin is used.

I checked the TS packtets with DVBinspector. In my file the first 889 TS packets are marked to be scrambled: hex 470090dd.... Afterwards the packets are not marked to be scrambled: 4700901e... After filtering with ffmpeg no scrambled packets can be found.

Is this an issue for VLC?

Cheers

OK, scrambled packtets do not seem to be the root cause. When I cut away this packets the file is still not played in VLC.

I made a comparison before/after filtering with ffmpeg.

The original file has only 4 PIDs:

• 0x00: PAT
• 0x90: the video stream
• 0x9b: the 1st audio stream
• 0x9c: the 2nd audio stream

Since there is no SDT the 3 streams are not identified by DVBInspector and the description is only "?".

The PES header for the video stream looks like this: After filtering with ffmpeg I have:

• 0x00: PAT
• 0x11: SDT/BAT
• 0x100: the video stream
• 0x101: the 1st audio stream
• 0x102: the 2nd audio stream
• 0x1000: PMT

Therefore some additional tables and the video audio PIDs are renumbered.

The PES header for the video stream looks like this: Can anyone spot anything relevant?

Next finding: from the ffmpeg filtered stream I removed the PMT or PAT packets (PIDs 0x00 or 0x1000). VLC was not anymore able to play the stream. Other viewers can play "dumb" streams with just the video and audio PIDs. VLC seem to need the PMT. I can cut away the SDT/BAT and VLC is still able to play it. But the PAT/PMT seems to be essential for VLC.

On this strange channel my cable provider does not seem to send PMTs at all. Therefore VLC is not able to play it. Other players: no problem.

Solution found: start VLC with --demux option:

/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --demux ffmpeg

Or for Windows see https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 11#p300811

@Xcoder

excellent work!
for the windows user

C:\Path\to\VLC.exe --demux ffmpeg



This should be done automatically by the VLC itself -> so for me it´s a little bug!
just my 2 cents

coincidental found

Bomi 0.911 plays these TV STB recorded .ts files without hesitation, too.

c´mon VLC

http://bomi-player.github.io/
https://twitter.com/bomi_player