problems loading .tp transport stream files

[abman]

I've been playing with converting hdtv transport streams from my MyHD card to SVCD for the past month, and have it more or less working after quite a few headaches. I have however noticed one issue I can't resolve. Every so often a transport stream will not open in either hdtvtompeg2 or dvd2avit3 (trbarry's version). The file opens fine in the MyHD player, but those two apps just lock up when I try and load it. I've had it happen with streams off ABC and FOX. Happened to about 1 out of ever 5 or 6 streams I capture. The streams are all around 7-8gb per hour, segmented into 2gb chunks. I've done some 3 hour streams successfully, can't seem to find anything that separates the streams that errors from the other ones.

Anyone know if perhaps a single bad frame at the beginning could cause the two programs to fail on opening the file? If anyone else has experienced the problem I'd appreciate any input.

[MentholMoose]

Are you setting the correct PID's in dvd2avi.ini? ABC and FOX use audio and video PID's of 21 and 24, respectively, so you need to set this line in dvd2avi.ini:MPEG2_Transport_PID=21,24You can check the PID's used in a TS using hdtvtompeg2.

[abman]

hdtvtompeg2 crashes just like dvd2avi when trying to load them. I also tried NIC's version of dvd2avi that autodetects the PIDs. no difference. its an issue with the stream for sure, just not sure if there's anything I can do about it. Anyone know of another program I could use to trim the beginning, see if that helps?

[MentholMoose]

Have you tried the cleanup trick using the dvhstool filters described on this AVS Forum thread (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227837)? It can fix minor stream errors.

[trbarry]

A few weeks ago (about 3/30?) I posted a new version of DVD2AVI2 on the DVD2AVI forum. It fixed a problem with multiple streams that in my area could occur on both Fox & ABC. But it didn't tend to cause crashes.

A little before that there was also a new version of MPEG2DEC3 with a similar fix. See:

www.trbarry.com/DVD2AVIT3.zip and
www.trbarry.com/MPEG2DEC3.zip

- Tom

[abman]

ya I'm using the latest versions. Actually I'm dumb, a remux of the .tp in ][muxer fixed it up. The resulting .mpg worked fine.