[Wylug-help] Topfield PVR Recordings

[John Hodrien]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Smylers wrote:

> creates radio_prog.mp2, which happily plays with Totem, and Amarok (two
> players which wouldn't play the original .rec file).
>
> I haven't tried, but I'm guessing my MP3 player won't play it though.
> How do I convert MP2 to MP3?  Or can Project X be persuade to emit MP3?

All projectX does is split up the content of a transport stream into other
containers, but it doesn't convert.  I wouldn't guarantee that MP2s won't play
on your MP3 player.

>  -> Filetype is TS (generic PES Container)
>
>  Audio:
>  PID: 0x1B1(eng)(#2)
>
>  --> MPEG Audio (0xC0) on PID 0x1B1

Right, that looks like I'd expect.  Whether something like audacity can
convert that I don't know.  I've only done this under windows.

>  -> src_audio: MPEG-1, Layer2, 48000Hz, mono, 64kbps, CRC @
>  00:00:00.000
>  stopped...
>  !> an error has occured..  (please inform the authors at
>  'forum.dvbtechnics.info')
>  java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1

Hmm, not good indeed.  I've not found projectX to be flawless.

>   14M  tv_prog.mp
>  456M  tv_prog.m2v

So I assume the m2v plays back, but that'll be without audio.  What's the
tv_prog.mp file?

>> As such I'd just take a stab at this being an MPEG2 Transport Stream.
>
> Sounds plausible.  Supposing you're right, what can I do with that
> information?  Thanks again.

That appears to be the case.  You need to convert it to a program stream for
most programs to cope with it.  This is what projectX tries to do, but in your
case it's failing.  I don't know of alternatives.

jh

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