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VLC media player doesn't play *.ts files

Postby Saad » 22 Dec 2011 10:06

Hi,
i recorded video from Star Sat satellite and i want play it in PC. but VLC media player doesn't play. WMP says "Opening media..." and doesn't play (i installed K-Lite Mega codec). Media Player Classic Home Cinema plays well.
recorded files is *.ts ,
Why VLC media player can't play?

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Re: VLC media player doesn't play *.ts files

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Dec 2011 13:03

Not standard files come to mind.
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Re: VLC media player doesn't play *.ts files

Postby solazy » 22 Dec 2011 18:25

Hi everybody,
May I join this topic to share a very similar issue, thank you Saad (who initiated this topic)
A friend of mine records video from satellite, but he can't play them in Vlc (they play fine in MPC home cinema)
Here are descriptive pics :

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As shown in Mediainfo, this ".trp" file is in fact a "mpeg-ts" file (maybe same extension as Saad's file ?)
If you rename the file from .trp to .mpg, then :
1) Vlc can't read it
2) MPC home cinema...see by yourself

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Thanks to Vlc staff if this can be solved, we all like Vlc !
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all :)

PS: in case Vlc staff needs a close look at the .trp file (47Mb), here is the download link :
http://www.multiupload.com/0JM03F8M8T

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Re: VLC media player doesn't play *.ts files

Postby VLC_help » 22 Dec 2011 19:57

TS demuxer doesn't identify the content

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ts debug: eof ? main debug: EOF reached main debug: finished input ts debug: pid list: ts debug: - pid[512] seen ts debug: - pid[650] seen ts debug: - pid[8191] seen
One option is to demux or remux the file with tool called ProjectX.

IIRC some TRP files have inverted some bytes (4 first bytes of every 47 bytes) so they won't work with most players because of that.

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Re: VLC media player doesn't play *.ts files

Postby johndoe » 25 Mar 2012 21:50

I cannot play .ts either.

MediaInfo gives me this:

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Complete name : D:\Filename.TS Format : MPEG-TS Format profile : No PAT/PMT File size : 2.23 GiB Duration : 42mn 26s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 7 532 Kbps Video ID : 2601 (0xA29) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12 Duration : 42mn 26s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 6 772 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 15.0 Mbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Standard : PAL Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Interlaced Scan order : Top Field First Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.653 Stream size : 2.01 GiB (90%) Audio #1 ID : 2602 (0xA2A) Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 2 Duration : 42mn 26s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 192 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -84ms Stream size : 58.3 MiB (3%) Audio #2 ID : 2603 (0xA2B) Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 2 Duration : 42mn 26s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 192 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -84ms Stream size : 58.3 MiB (3%)
Handbrake Log looks like this:

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-i "D:\Filename.TS" -t0 --min-duration=10 -v [21:43:45] hb_init: starting libhb thread HandBrake 0.9.6 (2012022800) - MinGW x86_64 - http://handbrake.fr 2 CPUs detected Opening D:\Filename.TS... [21:43:45] hb_scan: path=D:\Filename.TS, title_index=0 libbluray/bdnav/index_parse.c:157: indx_parse(): error opening D:\Filename.TS/BDMV/index.bdmv libbluray/bluray.c:1471: nav_get_title_list(D:\Filename.TS) failed (0000000001BE5C40) [21:43:45] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3 libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO [21:43:45] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead [21:43:45] file is MPEG Transport Stream with 188 byte packets offset 0 bytes [21:44:54] hb_ts_stream_find_pids - end of file [21:44:54] Found the following PIDS [21:44:54] Video PIDS : [21:44:54] Audio PIDS : [21:44:54] Other PIDS : [21:44:54] 0x0 type Unknown (0xff) (PCR) [21:44:54] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s) No title found. HandBrake has exited.
I use VLC media player v 2.0.1

I appreaciate your help.

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Re: VLC media player doesn't play *.ts files

Postby VLC_help » 26 Mar 2012 20:01

You have to remux the file.


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