Oh, and the dead giveaway that it's digicpher - 1) It's a Motorola box, and 2) there's something weird with the stream!
Andrew On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Andrew Hakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most likely your problem is on a digicipher2 channel. Digicipher2 is a > system that most cable companies use, and is slightly different than > DVB (it was standardized just before DVB). Most of the files I have to > cut with dvbcut because no other program will touch them are > digicipher. There are some subtle differences in the tables, stream > identifiers, and the GOP structure I believe that confuses other > programs like projectX, or anything else that strictly adheres to DVB > specs. If you really want to know what kind of stream it is, download > the trial version of TSReader ( http://www.tsreader.com/legacy/ ), > start it with the "file" source, and load in your file. It will parse > the tables, and show you all kinds of useful info, including the > network type in the lower left corner (DVB/ATSC/DCII). This is of > course if you actually have a transport stream file, and not a program > stream file. Unfortunately, there is no linux version, but it works > well in WINE (or in virtual box). > > Andrew > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Cengiz Gunay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Michael Riepe wrote: >> >>> Cengiz Gunay wrote: >>> >>> > Ahem.. Yes, I just got the same result with r138. Although, it did *not* >>> > detect the audio track on the original file! It must be the way I got that >>> > sample. I think I used Mpg2Cut2. >>> >>> Uh... don't do that, please. If you have trouble with a file, use dd to >>> copy the first ~20 MB. I always need the original data for analysis. >> >> Oh, ok. Sorry about that. I will use dd next time. Unfortunately I already >> deleted that original file, but I will make a new recording soon. >> >>> > Yes, these are the reasons other programs like ProjectX cannot parse these >>> > files. Something wrong with the use of B-frames. >>> >>> Yep, some frames have very funny sequence numbers. What kind of recorder >>> do you use? >> >> I use the Comcast HD-DVR Motorola DCT-3612 to record cable TV programs. >> Then, I transfer them to the PC over firewire with the CapDVS program. >> >> I don't think it's the recorder, though. I record regularly from many >> other channels and can decode them easily. The DVR must be saving the >> ATSC TS directly because I get *very* different formats from channel to >> channel, but consistenly in each channel. >> >> Cengiz Gunay >> -- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MSN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Lab: +1-404-727-3565 Home/Cell: +1-678-559-8694 >> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~cgunay/ >> IMs: ICQ# 21104923, [EMAIL PROTECTED],yahoo.com,Skype} >> -- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> DVBCUT-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dvbcut-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ DVBCUT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dvbcut-user
