[vlc-devel] Re: mpeg2-ps transcode error of duration?

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Thu, Feb 03, 2005, Olivier Aubert wrote :
> > It's been a while since I used VLC, recently I noticed that transcoding 
> > a file towards a MPEG2-PS or TS, the 'duration' of the created file is 
> > corrupted/incorrect (transcode and open with VLC and see duration of 
> > file). If I mux (mp2v and mp2a) it on MP4 it seems to be fine.
> I concur with your observations. For the Advene application, I need a
> precise timing to position data in a video stream. It works fine for AVI
> files, but gives wrong durations and time information for DVDs :
> 
> Mulholland Drive DVD :
> - displayed duration in VLC  : 1:35:56 
> - real duration : 02:25:16
> 
> DVD "Le voleur de bicyclette":
> - displayed duration in VLC  : 1:35:56 
> - displayed duration in WinDVD : 1:24:46
> 
> DVD "Meurtre d'un bookmaker chinois" :
> - displayed duration in VLC : 0:59:25
> - real duration : 2:15:00
> 
> It really is a VLC-related problem, as VLC and Xine both use
> libdvdread/libdvdnav for DVD access, and Xine correctly reports
> durations. But I do not know where to look to more precisely identify
> the bug.
> 

This is known issue for quite a long time. We haven't found any fix
them...

-- 
BigBen

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