VLC 0.72 can't play 50% of MPEG-TS files (0.71 was fine)

[garapheane]

yupp.

while you guys fix this problem, i'll stay with 0.71 for a while. can't post any debug message because vlc exited right after opening the file.

good luck guys!

[garapheane]

the versions should be:
0.72 ---> 0.7.2
0.71 ---> 0.7.1

sorry.

[Sigmund]

You mean it crashed? Try opening the files like this: file/ts2://<path to file>

[garapheane]

tried file/ts2://<path to file> ... but it crashed right after opening the video window

[Sigmund]

does other videos play with this vlc?

[garapheane]

yes. dvds, divx, xvid videos works fine. and still no problem with mpeg2 (ps) files.

[garapheane]

in case you're wondering, i'm using vlc-0.7.1 and vlc-0.7.2 from the win32 zip file; each extracted and run from different folders

[Guest]

i just get sound no video

[The DJ]

Upload a sample of such a TS file to:
ftp://ftp.videolan.org/incoming

and post filename here.

[garapheane]

>The DJ

I'm sorry, I can't upload any of them, since the smallest file is 500MB+. is there any other way?

[garapheane]

managed to get a file that can reproduce the symptoms i mentioned in my previous posts, and small enough to upload to the ftp. the filename is "POPJAM20040531_Ending.ts" (without the quotes, of course).

[garapheane]

just in case you want to make sure if the upload goes all right, the md5 checksum is:

a77d8a197757cbf279b78158411e2dcd POPJAM20040531_Ending.ts

and the size is 93,076,356 bytes.

[The DJ]

Problem confirmed

[Li On]

Hi garapheane,

0.7.2 crash on openning any Japanese HDTV TS file with AAC audio track.

From the TS filename you mentioned, it's a Japanese HDTV TS recording.

0.7.0 plays these TS file fine but the 2 HDTV stations in 1440x1080i format vlc won't play the AAC track (no audio).

0.7.1 plays all TS with AAC track but the audio will often change "pitch" (faster/slower)!

0.7.2 just crash on any of these HDTV TS file.

regards,

Li On

[Guest]

0.7.2 just crash on any of these HDTV TS file.

Li On

not quite true i think. there are some files that 0.7.2 can play. i just can't seem to find one playable mpeg-ts that is small enough to upload to videolan's ftp.

[garapheane]

sorry for pushing this topic up, but i'd want to know the status of this problem. i hope devs would shed some light on this. thank you.

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garapheane

[The DJ]

Well did you try the 0.8.0-test1 release yet?

[The DJ]

i have been able to pinpoint this to a problem in the faad decoder library, which decodes the aac audio in these files. You run the file without crashing by using --noaudio.

[Gibalou]

Problem fixed in the development version.
Try the next nightly build: http://www.videolan.org/~videolan/

[Li On]

Just tried the 0906 built. It no longer crash on TS AAC openning. It plays the TS for a few seconds with correct picture (I think), then CRASH. And instantly CRASH when I try to re-run it!

Please keep improving! Thanks in advance.

regards,

Li On

PS: I just uploaded a small clip around 22MB to the ftp.videolan.org /incoming Filename is BShi-54RedWhite-Rimoko.0000.ts The clip play time is around 6 seconds I think. That is the clip I just tried with the above problem. My system is WinXP SP1.

[Gibalou]

I said next build... which means the 0907 one :p

[roffen]

garapheane, you could chop off a part of a .ts file with hdtv2mpeg.