0.4.1&0.4.0 Linux&Windows client MPEG2 PS&TS broken?

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Johann Hanne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
>>For MPEG SP-TS You need the PCR_PID, PAT (PID 0) and PMT otherwise no 
>>decoder can tell what Video and Audio Pids it should decode. Translation 
>>an incomplete Transport Stream to PS will not help. In addition the PS 
>>will probably also miss some crucial MPEG PS header information.
> 
> 
> Well, you could "simply" use the first video and audio stream in the TS 
> and play it?
NO, it could be the second or third or fourth or fifth. You get the 
idea? ;-)

> 
> However, I have modified the program to record PID 0 (PAT), PID 100 (PMT), 
> PID 110 (video and PCR) and PID 120 (audio). The result is still the same. 
> Of course not all PMT-PIDs given in the PAT are available. Is this is 
> problem? Should I modify the PAT to only include the reference to PID 100?
> 
The PAT and PMT should match the SP-TS (Single Program Transport 
Stream). Otherwise a MPEG decoder does not know which program to decode.

Vlc can play MPEG-TS files from disk. It also can read them when there 
is a MP-TS (Multi Program Transport Stream) PAT and PMT's. Then you have 
to choose the right PMT from the menu View|Program. This might work.

> Has anybody actually tried out to play MPEG TS from a file? What should 
> vlc actually do? Shouldn't there be an option for choosing a program 
> number (i've tried the --program parameter without success)?
> 
Did you fill in the PMT PID number?

Reading a SP-TS from file is no problem as long as it is a *valid* 
SP-TS. Officially a SP-TS with the original PAT and PMT in it is no 
SP-TS. It would be better to modify the PAT to only include the PMT of 
the program that is recorded. Also correct the CRC32 in there if you are 
at it.

> Cheers, Jonny <jonny at 1409.org>
> 
> 
This all will work provided that the DVB card produces a valid Mpeg-TS 
stream. With that I limit the DVB cards to Hauppage Win-TV Nova model 
542. If you are using a DVB-S or probably even a DVB-C card, then there 
are more problems.

I suggest to continue this discussion which is highly development 
oriented on vlc-devel at videolan.org, instead of the user mailing list for 
vlc.
Greetings,
Jean-Paul Saman.


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