How to play MPEG-2 TS files

[DaveWC]

I've got some TS files that I'm trying to play on the Sage Server. When I examine the details of the files in Sage it says the format is MPEG2-TS[H.264 1080p]. The icon shows the opening pic so that leads me to believe it can open it enough to fine a pic. When I try and play it I get a Sage playback exception "(-4,0x80040217), there was a problem rendering the video portion of the content for playback". Any idea what that means? Is there a Sage setting I need to adjust? I've tried to convert these files to another format but none of the recommended apps seems to work.

[evilpenguin]

That's most likely an issue of not having the right decoders for the job. Do a forum search for "R5000 coreAVC" and that should get you on the right track.

Here's one thread in particular that looks promising...
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...=R5000+coreavc

[DaveWC]

I figured it was something like that. Why is the R5000 relevant? It sounds like it uses/produces MPEG-2 files but I'm confused about how that link helps. Pardon my ignorance.

[evilpenguin]

R5000 is also capable of captureing h.264 MPEG-TS files off Dish Network so this is a problem that those users have solved at some point.

[mkanet]

Cyberlink decoders seem to be the best for this; with hardware acceleration support. I don't think the CoreAVC decoders even have hardware acceleration, however, they are free.

You can buy the PowerDVD H.264 pack or PowerDVD
http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/cyber...er_77_ENU.html

Edit: The decoder thats included with PowerDVD 8 is the newest version

Then, you can add something similar to the below statement to your properties file; depending on what Cyberlink product you buy:

videoframe/h264_video_decoder_filter=CyberLink H.264/AVC Decoder (PDVD8)

I'm not certain on the exact spelling of the decoder name; however, I know for sure if you install PowerDVD 8 Ultra and put that above statement in your your properties file, you will be able to play them back.

Originally Posted by DaveWC

I've got some TS files that I'm trying to play on the Sage Server. When I examine the details of the files in Sage it says the format is MPEG2-TS[H.264 1080p]. The icon shows the opening pic so that leads me to believe it can open it enough to fine a pic. When I try and play it I get a Sage playback exception "(-4,0x80040217), there was a problem rendering the video portion of the content for playback". Any idea what that means? Is there a Sage setting I need to adjust? I've tried to convert these files to another format but none of the recommended apps seems to work.

[Spriter]

Hello Mkanet.

Looking at your setup, maybe you could help. Using Sage TV on a Windows Home Server and would like to playback files on Vista PCs with PDVD8 AND Hardware Accelaration. Setup include:

ATI 3650 512MB
2Gb ram - E2200 - GB ethernet GB router and GB ethernet on the server.

With my PDVD7 that came off the LG Combo Drive I can't get decent result.

HA work initially and shutdown for ne reason and I get a lot of stuttering.

Any ideas?