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Hello,

I have been watching .TS files using VLC player. But, the time counter does not seem to work- it only shows 00:00:00 at all times.
Any tips?
Thanks!!
M

Hello,

I have been watching .TS files using VLC player. But, the time counter does not seem to work- it only shows 00:00:00 at all times.


Any tips? would very much appreciate it!! I like the player a lot, but this aspect is irritating

Thanks!!
M

This is a limitation of VLC.

Hello Jean-Baptiste,

I use a Strong SRT 5425 set top box to record TV programmes as .TS files on a USB HDD.
It has no trouble keeping track of the time counter and total playing time (about the only things it does *quickly*).
So this is clearly not a technical issue.
When you say "a limitation of VLC" - do you mean there are commercial licensing issues, or do the VLC developers have a religious aversion to .TS files?
As the footer of your messages says: "be specific and precise" (please).

thanks,
Brian Vogt.

This just mean noone has worked on it.

VLC is the only media player without a time counter. Incomprehensible and very annoying indeed.

VLC is the only media player without a time counter. Incomprehensible and very annoying indeed.

Patches are welcome.

VLC is the only media player without a time counter. Incomprehensible and very annoying indeed.

Still no time indication in v1.1.9.

Still no time indication in v1.1.9.

Patch has been made for 1.2.0 but it hasn't been merged yet.

Patch has been made for 1.2.0 but it hasn't been merged yet.

I'm aroused. Thanks for the feedback.

Still no time counter for .ts / .m2ts files in 1.1.10.

That patch won't most likely land to 1.1.x

I too have this issue with VLC...
Version 1.1.11

I have used VLC for years and m2ts files are currently the only format that the time counter stays at 0:00:00 when watching them.
It also does not recognise chapters in m2ts streams.

Will there ever be a fix or maybe a plugin that will enable this?

They play 100% perfectly other than this

did you read the last answer of VLC_help before posting?

Wait for VLC 1.2

I read this from VLC_help which was the last update

That patch won't most likely land to 1.1.x

+ it does not say if it will recognise chapters

Time counter works fine now for DVBS and DVBS2 transport streams. Thank you very much, programmers.

But the latest nightly crashes when opening a .m2ts file (which plays fine with 1.1.11).

Could you share us one short file I can use to duplicate the crash?

I'm sorry, I can't. The file is about 20 gigs and I do not have HD video editing software.

After further investigations:

I tested 10 .m2ts files, 8 played fine, and with counter.

2 didn't play at all, reproducible. VLC didn't show anything, but you could still operate VLC (open other files, close it). So no "crash".
But after trying to open such a file and closing VLC, each time a "Process" remains, with about 5 to 10% CPU and about 20 MB memory usage!

Both files play fine with 1.1.11.

This is really annoying...
Can you try tomorrow?

You can cut TS and M2TS files easily
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.ph ... _ts_sample

Can you try tomorrow?

With 1.2.0-pre1-20111116-0511 both files work! Weird.

Cool, but weird.

Not weird. This is the libdvbpsi 0.2.1 regression.

You can cut TS and M2TS files easily
http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.ph ... _ts_sample

Thank you, Sir. But hex code makes me dizzy.

Just saw that tsMuxeR provides an easy cutting feature, too. So if there's still interest in a 12MB/9sec-snippet I could upload the file (like said the problem seems to be gone).

the libdvbpsi 0.2.1 regression

That sounds sexy, Jean-Baptiste.

the libdvbpsi 0.2.1 regression

That sounds sexy, Jean-Baptiste.

You have a weird definition of sexy...