Splitting PVR Rocket standalone recordings

[Yarotska]

I'm using the PVR rocket to record from my STB, and since my computer is upstairs, I have to use the standalone feature.

The quality is great, but when I try to cut/split the recordings, it doesn't work in VideoRedo. It will either not search correctly, or I'll make all the cuts and at the end, it can't copy the stream and stops responding. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should use?

Here's what shows up in MediaInfo:

General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 15.0 GiB
Duration : 1h 58mn
Overall bit rate : 18.1 Mbps
Writing application : Lavf55.22.100

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=120
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 58mn
Bit rate : 17.9 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 58.942 fps
Original frame rate : 58.941 fps
Minimum frame rate : 29.970 fps
Maximum frame rate : 1 818.182 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.330
Stream size : 14.9 GiB (99%)

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 58mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 161 MiB (1%)

Is the frame rate throwing off VideoRedo? I know I had that issue when trying to use handbrake files with a variable frame rate in the past.

Is there a way to make the standalone feature use a constant bitrate?

[usually_quiet]

What container are you using to record? Hauppauge's version of mp4 is reportedly problematic for a lot of people. .ts often works better.

I don't think that VBR in and of itself causes a problem. I have used VideoReDo TV Suite H.264 to successfully edit VBR recordings from a different Hauppauge HD Capture device, although the overall bitrate was much higher for your files. However, MediaInfo says your recordings have a variable frame rate, and that is a problem.

[Yarotska]

What container are you using to record? Hauppauge's version of mp4 is reportedly problematic for a lot of people. .ts often works better.

I don't think that VBR in and of itself causes a problem. I have used VideoReDo TV Suite H.264 to successfully edit VBR recordings from a different Hauppauge HD Capture device, although the overall bitrate was much higher for your files. However, MediaInfo says your recordings have a variable frame rate, and that is a problem.

Oh, the second one was supposed to say frame rate, too.

But yeah, it's mp4 and that's the only way it records in standalone.

[usually_quiet]

I don't know how to fix the .mp4 problem, other than re-muxing to a more standard .mp4 file or to .ts.

Is there any chance that your recording includes video using more than one resolution? That is a common problem when recording from a cable box or satellite receiver. Not all channels/menus use the same resolution and frame rate by default. Try to find out if your STB is set up to output 720p60 only.