Video format gobbledygook

[Arch3type]

Firstly I want to start off by saying that this is a PVR box and I'm not expecting this to be entirely feasible. More a matter of curiosity.

I recently purchased this PVR device and it claims to be able to playback MPEG2/4 video and H264 HD up to 1080i.

The problem is it won't recognize anything I give to it to play except SD MPEG2 format video (.mpg). Haven't tried MPEG1 but why bother lol.

According to the manual it can decode:

MPEG2 ISO/IEC 13818-2 MP@ML, H.264(MPEG4 part 10) main and high profile level 4.1/MPEG-2 MP@HL

I understand as much as this from that:

• MPEG-2 Video streams
• H264 level 4.1

What I don't understand is how I can get it to recognize the format that I wish to play (ie HD video streams)

The fact that it can play MPEG-2 SD video streams is the only reason I'm considering this.
It encodes video in Transport Streams generally of MPEG2 SD or HD format with AC3 Audio (I never thought MPEG2 could be HD).
I tried demuxing/muxing a H264 MP4 into a .ts file with tsmuxer and worked on the PC but didn't get recognized by the box (as though it doesn't exist).

Any help would be appreciated but not expected as this seems like a Hail Mary shot seeing as it is generally newish technology.

[aedipuss]

if you use mediacoder you will be able to set the profile and level of your .mp4 encodes to the level you want - like main@4.1

[Arch3type]

I've had a little tinker but I'll have a good go with that program soon. Still trying to get it recognize anything else than an .mpg. Maybe it's restricted in some way. Thanks for the advice