Can't open .mpg file from USB TV tuner

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Pancho52

New member
Hi all,

I have recorded a couple of TV programmes onto my laptop using a USB TV tuner. The file is saved as a.MPG file and plays fine using VLC Media player but VRD doesn't recognise the file as a valid video file.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Mike
 
phd

phd

Super Moderator
Check the properties of the file in VLC and mediainfo.

If you are recording type MP4 part 10 video, it is not supported in TVSuite V3.
 
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Pancho52

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Hi Pat,

Thanks for your response.

Info from the Codec tab -
Codec: MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv)
Resolution 720 x 576
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV.

Cheers

Mike
 
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Pancho52

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Sorry -

Stream 0
Type: Video
Codec: MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv)
Resolution 720 x 576
Frame rate: 25
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV.

Stream 1
Type: Audio
Codec: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga)
Channels: Stereo
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
Bitrate: 256kb/s

Cheers

Mike
 
Dan203

Dan203

Senior Developer
Staff member
Can you please use MediaInfo, switch to Text view and then copy/paste the info here. The above isn't quite enough to tell if it should work or not.
 
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Pancho52

New member
Hi Dan,

Took me a while to realise you were talking about a programme called Mediainfo.......

General
Complete name : D:\Bathurst 2013\Bathurst 2013- shootout.mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1.95 GiB
Duration : 56mn 38s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 4 939 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : Variable
Duration : 56mn 37s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 584 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Active Format Description : Full frame 16:9 image
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) : 0.442
Stream size : 1.81 GiB (93%)

Audio
ID : 192 (0xC0)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 56mn 38s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -170ms
Stream size : 104 MiB (5%)

Cheers

Mike
 
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Pancho52

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Hi Dan,

Unfortunately I can't do that, I just get an error message - "Unable to open files".

I can open other .mpg files.

I used Mediainfo to analyse a file that works -

General
CompleteName : D:\Bathurst 2012\Bathurst 2011 supports and shootout.mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
FileSize/String : 6.90 GiB
Duration/String : 2h 21mn
OverallBitRate_Mode/String : Variable
OverallBitRate/String : 6 988 Kbps

Video
ID/String : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format_Version : Version 2
Format_Profile : Main@Main
Format_Settings_BVOP/String : Yes
Format_Settings_Matrix/String : Custom
Format_Settings_GOP : Variable
Duration/String : 2h 21mn
BitRate_Mode/String : Variable
BitRate/String : 6 593 Kbps
BitRate_Maximum/String : 15.0 Mbps
Width/String : 720 pixels
Height/String : 576 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
FrameRate/String : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
ScanType/String : Interlaced
ScanOrder/String : Top Field First
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.636
TimeCode_FirstFrame : 00:00:00:00
TimeCode_Source : Group of pictures header
StreamSize/String : 6.51 GiB (94%)

Audio
ID/String : 192 (0xC0)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format_Version : Version 1
Format_Profile : Layer 2
Duration/String : 2h 21mn
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 2 channels
SamplingRate/String : 48.0 KHz
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
StreamSize/String : 259 MiB (4%)

The only difference I can see is the OverallBitRate/String and BitRate/String.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Mike
 
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zaphod7501

Member
Generally you can "trim and copy source file" without opening the file first.
Start VRD, go to "tools", select "trim and copy...", select the file.
It will trim and copy any file - data, text, pdf, exe, etc.

Also, as a Hauppauge user, some versions of the WinTV application had been known to insert garbage at the start of the mpg file.
(you had to trim off the first few MB to get it to open - I don't use that app any more myself)
 
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Pancho52

New member
zaphod7501 said:
Generally you can "trim and copy source file" without opening the file first.
Start VRD, go to "tools", select "trim and copy...", select the file.
It will trim and copy any file - data, text, pdf, exe, etc.

Also, as a Hauppauge user, some versions of the WinTV application had been known to insert garbage at the start of the mpg file.
(you had to trim off the first few MB to get it to open - I don't use that app any more myself)
Click to expand...
It will trim and copy any file........except this one!!

What you suggested above is what I did.

The software was that came with the device was BlazeTV.

Cheers

Mike
 
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Pancho52

New member
Hi Dan,

Working on the theory that the programme should do what you say it does (trim and copy any file), the odds are that the problem was with me rather than VRD so I have had another go at trimming the file, this time with success.

I have uploaded a 100meg file as requested, hopefully you can sort it out.

Cheers

Mike
 
Dan203

Dan203

Senior Developer
Staff member
The file you sent opens fine in TVSuite v4 but not in Plus v3. Not sure why. I'm not actually able to build v3 because it's older then my employment here. I'm having DanR look into the problem.
 
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