BBC HD .ts Recordings

[Whitey]

I have some recordings created with DVBViewer from the BBC HD channel that are .ts format (H.264 video and ac3 sound). They play fine in TSplayer but won't play in windows media player. I have powerDVD 7 installed and a sample BBC HD .ts clip I downloaded of the web plays with no problems.

 

Do the .ts files have to be converted or am I missing something?

 

Thanks

 

Whitey

[mighty]

TCMP plays them fine. Same for Media Player Classic.

Windows Media Player won't play .ts off the shelf; you need a proper handler, such as the Haali Media Splitter bundled with the latest CoreAVC.

[Griga]

You need a suitable DirectShow demultiplexer resp. splitter, that "understands" H.264 content, I guess. TSPlayer uses the DVBViewer Filter's built-in demultiplexer, which isn't available for other software in the required way.

 

Known DirectShow demultiplexers that can cope with H.264 are the ones from Elecard/Moonlight, MainConcept and Haali (up-to-date versions only, of course). However, not all of them connect to all H.264 decoders. Maybe you'll have to try this and that...

[Whitey]

If I'm missing a DirectShow demultiplexer, how come the downloaded file plays?

 

I would of thought that this file wouldn't play either

 

Thanks for the help

 

Whitey

[mighty]

Do you play the recorded files with PowerDVD or Windows Media Player?

[Whitey]

Do you play the recorded files with PowerDVD or Windows Media Player?

 

WMP. I have powerDVD installed for the AVC codec.

 

Would be nice too id I could convert the files to WMV-HD

 

Whitey

[mighty]

Does the ts play in PowerDVD (forget about WMP, it just sucks)?

 

Regarding your idea of converting to WMV-HD, I don't know how to do it, but you would gain nothing, both in terms of quality and space, since VC-1 is quite similar to H.264.