Is it possible to auto convert DVB-T recording to MPEG ?

[JonathanAnon]

I have only recently changed from analog to digital, as the national broadcaster has just started broadcasting in digital.. Everything works fine, except I can no longer auto convert to MPEG.. All of my recordings are huge .ts (Transport Stream) files..

I used to be able to use the "Auto Convert MPEG2 Recordings to .MPG" when I recorded in analog. Is there any way of getting Win TV to autoconvert .ts files to MPG.

[TheNewGuy]

It depends what broadcast standards your broadcaster is using. MPEG2 can be stored in a .mpg file. A lot of countries are starting to use the newer H.264 instead (aka MPEG4), which cant be stored in a .mpg file.

[JonathanAnon]

The channels are broadcast in MPEG4, I use the DivX H264 decoder.. So I just have to work with the .ts files then, or use a separate program for converting .ts to another format?

[TheNewGuy]

Yep.

[toresak]

I am very interested in your answers to this case. I have WinTv-HVR-930C in use in Norway DVB-T and cannot convert to mpeg. Why does not WinTV v 7.029304 do the job or do you have a free converting program to do this?

[Robo_Raver]

I am very interested in your answers to this case. I have WinTv-HVR-930C in use in Norway DVB-T and cannot convert to mpeg. Why does not WinTV v 7.029304 do the job or do you have a free converting program to do this?

A lot of countries are starting to use the newer H.264 instead (aka MPEG4), which cant be stored in a .mpg file

[toresak]

Can anybody give me a name of converting program that can convert Hauppauge MPEG-2 TS ( Norway H.264 video and A3+ audio) to MPEG4 file.

[Mr X]

ffmpeg should do it. The program needs to be in C:\program files\wintv\wintv7

Edit Settings.xml file

change

to

<!--<AutoConvertExe>ffmpeg.exe</AutoConvertExe> -->
<!--<AutoConvertExeAudioOnly>ffmpeg.exe</AutoConvertExeAudioOnly> -->
<!--<AutoConvertArgsWithVideo>-i [SOURCE_FILE] -f dvd -acodec copy -vcodec copy [DEST_FILE]</AutoConvertArgsWithVideo> -->
<!--<AutoConvertArgsAudioOnly>-ab 128k -i [SOURCE_FILE] [DEST_FILE]</AutoConvertArgsAudioOnly> -->


<AutoConvertExe>ffmpeg.exe</AutoConvertExe>
<AutoConvertExeAudioOnly>ffmpeg.exe</AutoConvertExeAudioOnly>
<AutoConvertArgsWithVideo>-i [SOURCE_FILE] -f dvd -acodec copy -vcodec copy [DEST_FILE]</AutoConvertArgsWithVideo>
<AutoConvertArgsAudioOnly>-ab 128k -i [SOURCE_FILE] [DEST_FILE]</AutoConvertArgsAudioOnly>

This example would convert MPEG-2 TS -> MPEG-2 PS (.MPG) and MPEG-2 Audio TS -> MP3

but you can then put your own command line in to convert to whatever format you like

I will put a full in depth post up in the how to, but I've been busy on other projects.

[MW1927]

Hi,

I’ve made the edits suggested, and the TS file is indeed converted to an MP3.

However, I’m experiencing a drop-off in quality following the conversion. I’ve used MediaInfo to look at the two files and it reports the following:

The original TS file (1 audio stream, MPEG audio, English)
160 Kbps
48.0 KHz
2 channels
MPEG Audio (Version 1) (Layer 2) (Joint stereo)

The MP3 file created by the conversion
64.0 Kbps
48.0 KHz
2 channels
MPEG Audio (Version 1) (Layer 3) (Joint stereo / MS stereo)

I’d like the MP3 file to be 160 Kbps. I’ve tried changing the “-ab” value to 160k, but that had no effect, and I’ve also tried completely removing that argument (“-ab 128k”) completely, but again, that had no effect – the resulting MP3 was still 64 Kbps.

Can anybody make any suggestions?

Regards,

Mark

[Mr X]

it may be down to the build of ffmpeg you have. let me dig out the one I tried and attach it.