OK, but, previously, the tvmode=best has produced an .mp4 file that my PVR is quite happy with. This is no longer the case. Does that not suggest something has changed?
And you're right - I'm not in UK. But how did you deduce that from my postings? Regards, Paul Thornett On 18 April 2018 at 15:01, Paul Thornett <pthorn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I've "solved" the problem, albeit in a somewhat unintuitive manner. > > Remember, I can no longer play any GIP-downloaded videos on my PVR. > And transcoding then with Handbrake helps not at all. > > But opening them with VideoRedo TvSuite 5, applying QuickStream Fix > and saving the input .mp4 files as H.264 Transport Stream (.ts) files > works, even when no errors are found (which is the case for 9 of > the.10 files I tried). This does not involve transcoding, so speed is > good. And I can then apply subtitles with MKVMerge. A somewhat > convoluted process requiring 2 additional steps to what occurred > previously, but it's fast and doesn't incur an increase in size. > > So the question is: what is QuickStream Fix doing that Handbrake can't? > Regards, > > Paul Thornett > > > On 18 April 2018 at 12:32, Paul Thornett <pthorn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I haven't expressed myself well. >> >> My PVR is able to play .mkv, .mp4, .ts, .mpg, etc. I infer its >> preference for .ts files from the fact that when the current entry in >> a list of videos/movies is a .ts file, it is able to display length >> and other data. >> >> I was wrong in my earlier post. I have transcoded a couple of >> different GIP download attempts using Handbrake, and the problem >> remains - I still cannot see any video (and I am really suprised by >> this). >> >> Before I discovered GIP's --raw setting a few months ago, my prefs >> contained no preferred modes, so presumably the --tvmode=best was >> implied. Then, of course, I was getting .mp4 files, all of which >> played perfectly. So it seems to me that something in the BBC's >> formatting has changed recently; but that change has apparently been >> picked up only by my PVR (which seems rather unlikely). >> Regards, >> >> Paul Thornett >> >> >> On 18 April 2018 at 07:12, iz <ilain...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 17 April 2018 at 16:24, Paul Thornett <pthorn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> --tvmode = best (results in dvfxsd1) >>> >>> It seems hvf streams are not available to you for some reason. They >>> would spare you this headache. Otherwise, just re-mux your .mp4 to .ts >>> (mpeg-ts). You can then re-mux back to .mp4 if necessary. Worked for >>> me with QuickTime and Apple TV, which have the same limitation. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer