getting video from .ts file (DS Mux?)

[atran]

I have a .ts file and I want to reencode it to a mkv with audio included.

I was reading around trying to figure out how to do this and I was going to first try and get the video encoded and mix in the audio later. So I tried using DS Mux and added the .ts file. It shows up and I deselect the audio and try to output the file as a mkv. It starts and just stops at 1.1% done. I wait a while and cancel it. I look into my saved directory and my partly completed video file was there. I tried playing it and it did indeed play fine for the 12 seconds that it currently was. I tried again and again, but it always gets stuck on 1.1% done. Why does it keep doing that? Is there a way to fix it? What do you all suggest I do?

[EPiPH0NE]

Load your TS file into eac3to:

eac3to input.ts video.mkv

then mux audio via MKVmerge. I'm sure someone else will explain it better.

[atran]

Hmm I am getting this problem.

03_720p_h264_AAC2.0.ts E:\ibeg.mkv
TS, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 0:24:33
1: h264/AVC, 1280x720 60p /1.001 (16:9)
2: AAC, 2.0 channels, 130kbit/s, 48khz, 10ms
[v01] Extracting video track number 1...
[a02] Extracting audio track number 2...
[v01] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a02] Applying AAC delay...
Unfortunately the Haali Muxer cannot handle this source file.
It doesn't contain enough seek/recovery points.
Aborted at file position 13533184.

[poisondeathray]

Try doing it manually by demuxing raw tracks with tsmuxer, then putting the raw tracks into .mkv container with mkvmergegui

[atran]

I demuxed the track and it spat out a .264 file. I tried playing this in mpc expecting to see video but no audio. Well, it did not play in mpc :(.

[poisondeathray]

I demuxed the track and it spat out a .264 file. I tried playing this in mpc expecting to see video but no audio. Well, it did not play in mpc :(.

You can't play it because .264 is a raw video file

You need to put it into a container, hence mkvmergegui suggested earlier (from the mkvtoolnix kit)

Another option is to put it into .mp4 container with YAMB

Don't forget to put the aac audio in either :)

Cheers

[atran]

Well, I tried playing it after putting it into a mkv container. It would not play at all. I tried putting it in megui and it crashed. Tried virtualdubmod and it threw tons of errors saying things were wrong with the file.

[Guest]

Maybe something is wrong with the TS file. What is it and how did you capture it?

[DarkZell666]

What if you actually pass it directly through ffmpeg ? :

ffmpeg -i "whatever.ts" -acodec copy -vcodec copy -f mp4 "fixed_output.mp4"

At this stage, unless the .ts file is corrupted, you *should* (99% chance) have a perfectly working mp4 file. You're then free to do whatever you want with it (remux to mkv using mkvtoolnix, open in an editor for actual re-encoding, etc.)

[poisondeathray]

Sometimes when a transport stream is damaged, you can run it through tsmuxer to create a new .ts file and then repeat the any of the above suggestions.

[atran]

What if you actually pass it directly through ffmpeg ? :

ffmpeg -i "whatever.ts" -acodec copy -vcodec copy -f mp4 "fixed_output.mp4"

At this stage, unless the .ts file is corrupted, you *should* (99% chance) have a perfectly working mp4 file. You're then free to do whatever you want with it (remux to mkv using mkvtoolnix, open in an editor for actual re-encoding, etc.)
Well, I tried this and it game me an .mp4 file that when I opened up in MPC, it would not play. It would just sit there at 00:00. But, I could jump to any part of the video and I could see the frame, but it just wouldn't play. Its like all the frames are there, but it just won't play. When I tried opening it in megui, it just crashed.

Sometimes when a transport stream is damaged, you can run it through tsmuxer to create a new .ts file and then repeat the any of the above suggestions.
Tried this too, and it did the same thing as I just mentioned in my first quote reply.

I just want to clarify that I can play the original .ts file in MPC with video and audio no problem.

[dat720]

Install mplayer and see if your mp4 conversion of the ts will play.

[setarip_old]

@atran

Hi!Well, I tried this and it game me an .mp4 file that when I opened up in MPC, it would not play. It would just sit there at 00:00. But, I could jump to any part of the video and I could see the frame, but it just wouldn't play. Its like all the frames are there, but it just won't play.1) Try playing with VLC

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