Re: ReplayTV mpeg files

I've got some ReplayTV files..  I'll try to get those working directly at
some point, but haven't worked on it yet.


Sujal

On Fri, 7 May 2004, Philip Van Baren wrote:

> I've been playing with using CinemaSix to play MPEG2 files recorded by a 
> ReplayTV 5040.  If I pass the files through VLC and output to a .ts file (with 
> no re-encoding), then they will play fine.  If I try to open and play the .mpg 
> (PS) directly in CinemaSix, I just get a black screen, or sometimes I get 
> wildly scrambled video.
> 
> It seems that it would be just a matter of massaging the headers and 
> multiplexing to get the .mpg file to play directly with CinemaSix.  Has anyone 
> looked into this, and/or gotten the raw .mpg files from a ReplayTV to work?  I 
> have a couple short clips, if someone with MPEG2 expertise wants to look them 
> over.
> 
> Also, I am able to stream data directly from the ReplayTV, through DVArchive 
> (stream in from the ReplayTV, stream out through http), then through VLC 
> (stream in from http, convert PS to TS, streaming out through http), and 
> finally stream that http into CinemaSix and play the stream on the Roku.  I 
> just have to set up VLC to open "http://192.168.0.3:8042/replayShow.mpg?
> DVR=Lime&ShowID=1083715197" and stream output to http, then run "CinemaSix.cmd 
> http://192.168.0.3:1234/" on the Roku.  
> 
> A little convoluted, but it plays the video well, so it appears that things are 
> very close to being able to make a GUI on the Roku that directly interfaces and 
> plays video from a ReplayTV!  
> 
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