Some recordings have wrong play length in other players

[djon]

Sometimes I experience that recordings with DVBViewer doesn't have the correct play length. Instead of a recording showing as 2 hours long in a player, it starts by being 20 seconds longer than the actual position and then increases while I watch the recording. This is a problem when I try to FF or skip, as the player then thinks it has reached the end of the file and stops. This mean that when the recording has this bug, I can only FF very slowly.

 

I use XBMC on Linux and a Popcorn Hour to play the recordings.

 

What is the cause of this sporadic defect in the files and how can it be fixed?

Edited March 23, 2010 by djon

[Griga]

What kind of recording? MPG? TS? Does DVBViewer show the correct length?

[djon]

.TS

 

I'll test if DVBViewer itself shows the correct length. XBMC and Popcorn Hour however does not, so something must be wrong. Remember this only happens sometimes, maybe around a third of the recordings, so I can't find any obvious reason why some of them have this defect.

[majstang]

.TS

 

I'll test if DVBViewer itself shows the correct length. XBMC and Popcorn Hour however does not, so something must be wrong. Remember this only happens sometimes, maybe around a third of the recordings, so I can't find any obvious reason why some of them have this defect.

Had this issue earlier myself. The Stream Patcher, available in DVBViewer download section, will fix this for you.