> MPEG2-TS is what is supposed to be the format, but how can I discover if > it really is? > > Regards, > Tim Farrington I use mplayer e.g. mplayer -identify 06-29_20_00_Top_Gear.ts -frames 0 -vo null -nosound Which after lots of output finally gives the following and you can see at the bottom in my case that this is a Mpeg 1/2 video, which is encapsulated inside an mpegts file (ID_DEMUXER line below). For reference I recorded this file from my DVB-T USB stick using mplayer with the -dumpstream command. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 25.000 fps 6500.0 kbps (812.5 kbyte/s) ID_FILENAME=06-29_20_00_Top_Gear.ts ID_DEMUXER=mpegts ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000002 ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=6500000 ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=720 ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=576 ID_VIDEO_FPS=25.000 ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000 ID_LENGTH=2074.19 ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [null] 720x576 => 720x576 Mpeg PES Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm: mpegpes (MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/IVTV/DVB card)) ========================================================================== ID_VIDEO_CODEC=mpegpes Audio: no sound Starting playback... Exiting... (End of file) _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb