3 fps video .mp4??? supposed to be 59.94 Hauppage HDPVR2

[duhmez]

Hauppage HDPVR2 using the included Arcsoft Showbiz software to capture to mp4 format.
2 to 3 hour long files when I play in windows media player or media player classic it says something like 120 hours and 1 or 2 or 3 fps under properties and actually won't play and seeking does not work.

Trying to restream in Avidemux results in the operation cashing shortly after trying to save.
The videos do not play on my WDTV Live HD media player, starts to play then reloops the first couple minutes forever.

Videos not seekable in Sony Vegas and tries forever to build the audio peaks.
Installing newest quicktime it plays in quicktime, and after quicktime installed seems to be working in Sony Vegas now.

has anyone had issues like this and has any advice? It also happens when I set the hauppage to downsample capture to 29.970 and 1080p captures which natively do 29.970 anyway.

I tried to search the forum but could not think of a search term for this issue, and google had no results.

[usually_quiet]

Make sure that you power cycle the HD-PVR 2 before starting a long capture session.

Also. there tend to be more problems when MP4 is used as the capture file format for Hauppauge's high definition capture devices. Try using TS for output instead and see if there is any improvement. If you must have MP4, I have seen several methods suggested for re-multiplexing the video and audio from a TS with AVC video and AAC audio to an MP4 file without re-encoding. If you edit with VideoReDo TV Suite H.264, there is even the option to save as an MP4.

[duhmez]

I did recycle the pvr 2 the last couple times. As for ts, vegas cant read aac audio in ts but hauppage capture has a handy lossless(video) export to mp4 function but this function is also not working, the videos are being cut off at about 1/2 hour or so. It gets weirder too. I have tried TSmuxer to demus the streams and mp4box to remux and this causes the audio to go out of sync! Even more frustrating, if I use any of a dozen methods to manually encode the separate audio sream and remux by any method, the audio goes way way out of sync, like by over 1 minute. But the source TS file plays perfectly. I then tries TS format with mpeg1 layer 2 audio instead of aac, and this gets even worse. It plays perfect, but no editer or muxer wil read the file. And if I decode the mp2 the last hour or so decodes silent! And a ts with mpeg audio layer 2 CRASHES vegas.

Also note that with a TS capture the time is fine and plays pefectly in windows, I just can't figure out a way to edit it. The hauppage export to mp4 function used to work gret for ths, but now it either crasdhes the program or only exports 30 min or so. I am going to try next removing hauppage capture and reinstalling it again fresh, see if I can get the bugs out.

[usually_quiet]

Maybe the method described here will work? https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/343902-Looking-for-ts-to-mp4-conversion-tool?p=2143...=1#post2143779

[duhmez]

Thanks, when my work weekend is finished Ill give it a go! If I can find ANY method to fix these TS and mp4 files I wil be very happy indeed. I have over 60 hours of footage.... (((

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[duhmez]

Here is mediainfo for the affected files having these issues. In my capture setting I set the software to resample the framerate to 29.970, exactly 1/2 of the source.

General
Complete name : I:\TS\New folder (3)\EV24.MP4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : 3GPP Media Release 4
Codec ID : 3gp4
File size : 14.1 GiB
Duration : 2h 24mn
Overall bit rate : 14.0 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2015-02-16 12:41:33
Tagged date : UTC 2015-02-16 12:41:33

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 24mn
Source duration : 2h 24mn
Bit rate : 13.9 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 59.440 fps
Original frame rate : 59.940 fps
Minimum frame rate : 0.099 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29 970.000 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.253
Stream size : 14.0 GiB (99%)
Source stream size : 14.0 GiB (99%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-02-16 12:41:33
Tagged date : UTC 2015-02-16 12:41:33
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Color range : Limited

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 24mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 88.9 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 91.7 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-02-16 12:41:33
Tagged date : UTC 2015-02-16 12:41:33

[SHS]

Here is mediainfo for the affected files having these issues. In my capture setting I set the software to resample the framerate to 29.970, exactly 1/2 of the source.

Why that just mess it all up
Why are use 3GPP
Sony vegas doesn't get long with any Hauppauge Colossus nor HD-PVR file never has and most likely never will
If wish transcode to try out Video to Video
As for video editor there a few you can try out that free Like VideoPad Video Editor or Paid ver CyberLink PowerDirector

[duhmez]

Here is mediainfo for the affected files having these issues. In my capture setting I set the software to resample the framerate to 29.970, exactly 1/2 of the source.

Why that just mess it all up
Why are use 3GPP
Sony vegas doesn't get long with any Hauppauge Colossus nor HD-PVR file never has and most likely never will
If wish transcode to try out Video to Video
As for video editor there a few you can try out that free Like VideoPad Video Editor or Paid ver CyberLink PowerDirector

I have not heard of 3GPP before, it is not something I have chosen. I just used the Arcsoft showbiz which comes with the capture device to capture and assumed since it is mp4 file that it would be h264. It comes with another capture program called hauppage capture and it captures .TS video with H264 and aac audio, or optionally mpeg layer 2 for audio. Vegas can't read aac in TS for some reason, but it CAN read mp4 files with aac audio in them, very odd it seems to me this is. I have not heard of 3GPP before. It looks like I will wish to transcode, but having trouble finding programs that can properly read these files. I will check out the ones you suggested. So far Avidemux doesn't like them and as you know Vegas does not like them.

Strangely too, media player classic cannot playu them, it thinks it is like 100 hours long and cannot seek or play, but windows media player and quicktime plays them.

[SHS]

The late ver hauppauge capture app will let change format just loot at MP4 TS M2TS check box right under the Record Button

[duhmez]

The late ver hauppauge capture app will let change format just loot at MP4 TS M2TS check box right under the Record Button

You are my hero! I updated and now I see the mp4 option in hauppage capture! I hope it works as every other format I have tried is broken with long captures!!