Play a .ts file

[Alcazalamander]

Much like this guy, I have a seemingly unplayable .ts file from a Grundig TV (a Grundig FineArts 46 FLE 9170 BP). As you people suggested, I ran the file through MediaInfo, and got this info:

General
Complete name: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Caesar.ts
Format: BDAV
Format/Info: Blu-ray Video
Format profile: No PAT/PMT
File size: 711 MiB

I have searched the web for quite some time, and some sources claim the file to be encrypted in such a way that it never can be played outside of the actual TV. Never the less, I come to you for help, and all of my hope is now resting in the palm of your hands.

[T6]

hello and welcome to the forum!

i didn't knew about this ts files but i did a small search and found many tools to converting form and to ts format

if this is right, probably any video converter on linux will do the job, convert the ts to mp4 by using ffmpeg or avidemux or winff, all of them present on linux and some in windows, also could be useful to try a win tool in linux by using wine but this should be your last choice

the file, can you try it with vlc?  vlc also can convert files to another format

i also found this command but i don't have a ts file so i can't test it

 ffmpeg -i input.ts -vcodec copy -sameq -acodec copy -f matroska output.ts

this in console will convert the ts to a mkv file, more friendly and with little quality loss

in another lace i found that the .ts can be renamed to .mp4, it is just a weird extension that doesn't matter much, also worth to try

[Alcazalamander]

It is not so easy, I'm afraid. .ts seems to be a container format, so while some .ts files can be played by almost any mediaplayer, others are more tricky. The file I am dealing with is of the tricky sort, and none of the converter tools I have tried has had any sucess.

[daniel]

mplayer *.ts

Will play?

Not post output here

[T6]

theoretically yes, mplayer and smplayer should but no video to test this

[Alcazalamander]

MPlayer crashed upon opening the file, giving this log:

C:/Program Files (x86)/SMPlayer/mplayer/mplayer.exe -noquiet -nofs -nomouseinput -sub-fuzziness 1 -identify -slave -vo direct3d, -ao dsound -nokeepaspect -priority abovenormal -framedrop -nodr -double -wid 5441628 -colorkey 0x020202 -monitorpixelaspect 1 -ass -embeddedfonts -ass-line-spacing 0 -ass-font-scale 1 -ass-styles C:/Users/Administrator/.smplayer/styles.ass -fontconfig -font Arial -subfont-autoscale 0 -subfont-osd-scale 20 -subfont-text-scale 20 -subcp ISO-8859-1 -aid 0 -subpos 100 -volume 50 -nocache -osdlevel 0 -vf-add screenshot -slices -channels 2 -af scaletempo,equalizer=0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 -softvol -softvol-max 110 C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/Prosjekter/Grundig FineArts 46 FLE 9170 BP/Caesar.ts

MPlayer Sherpya-SVN-r30369-4.2.5 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
Setting process priority: abovenormal

Playing C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/Prosjekter/Grundig FineArts 46 FLE 9170 BP/Caesar.ts.
Seek failed
libavformat file format detected.
ID_AUDIO_ID=0
[lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 0
ID_FILENAME=C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/Prosjekter/Grundig FineArts 46 FLE 9170 BP/Caesar.ts
ID_DEMUXER=lavf
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=80
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=1
ID_LENGTH=124210.69
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
[mp3 @ 00559f30]Header missing
    Last message repeated 499 times
[mp3 @ 00559f30]big_values too big
[mp3 @ 00559f30]Header missing
    Last message repeated 574 times
[mp3 @ 0056b590]MAX_READ_SIZE:5000000 reached
[mp3 @ 0056b590]Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
[mp2 @ 0059b670]Header missing
Unknown/missing audio format -> no sound
ADecoder init failed :(
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 48.0 kbit/6.80% (ratio: 6000->88200)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=22050
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
AO: [dsound] 22050Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
[Mixer] No hardware mixing, inserting volume filter.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
Video: no video
Starting playback...

[Just17]

Much like this guy, I have a seemingly unplayable .ts file from a Grundig TV (a Grundig FineArts 46 FLE 9170 BP). As you people suggested, I ran the file through MediaInfo, and got this info:

General
Complete name: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Caesar.ts
Format: BDAV
Format/Info: Blu-ray Video
Format profile: No PAT/PMT
File size: 711 MiB

I have searched the web for quite some time, and some sources claim the file to be encrypted in such a way that it never can be played outside of the actual TV. Never the less, I come to you for help, and all of my hope is now resting in the palm of your hands.

The .ts is indeed a container format and apparently the contained video needs the bdav codec.

I don't have any devices which use the bdav codec.

One thing I am aware of is that quite a number of devices -- STBs & TVs -- encrypt what they record, so that the file is only playable on the same device as recorded it.

Is what you quoted the complete output from mediainfo? Can you post the complete output from this command?

mediainfo  <file.ts>

[T6]

the log you posted is made with windows 7?

i gave you suggestions about linux, mplayer on windows is weird

we support linux here, if you want help for windows, well, this is not the place