Please look at this video and see why it won't play in vlc (plays in MPC)

[jimdagys]

I got this video from Tubedigger.
https://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/mtv.ts
It won't play at all in vlc, but plays fine in Media Player Classic Home Cinema.
My questions are:
1) Why won't the video play in vlc?
2) What (free) software (and a brief description of how to use it) can I use to "fix" the file so it will play in vlc?
I don't want to do any time consuming re-encoding as a fixing method.

[sneaker]

2) ffmpeg -i "mtv.ts" -map 0 -c copy "playable.ts"

VLC error is "ts error: libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 table 0x0 !!!". You can try to report to VLC team.

[jimdagys]

Thank you for the fast response. Your method works to make the video play in vlc.

ffmpeg -i "mtv.ts" -map 0 -c copy "playable.ts"

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\default>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>cd youtube-dl

C:\youtube-dl>ffmpeg -i "mtv.ts" -map 0 -c copy "playable.ts"
ffmpeg version N-67673-g933eca9 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
built on Nov 14 2014 22:01:58 with gcc 4.9.2 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab
le-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --
enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-lib
modplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrw
b --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinge
r --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --en
able-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis
--enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-
libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
libavutil 54. 11.100 / 54. 11.100
libavcodec 56. 12.100 / 56. 12.100
libavformat 56. 12.103 / 56. 12.103
libavdevice 56. 3.100 / 56. 3.100
libavfilter 5. 2.103 / 5. 2.103
libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
Input #0, mpegts, from 'mtv.ts':
Duration: 00:02:33.39, start: 0.100667, bitrate: 1572 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p, 960x540 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9],
29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Stream #0:1[0x101]: Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 131 kb/s
Output #0, mpegts, to 'playable.ts':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf56.12.103
Stream #0:0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 960x540 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 29.97
fps, 90k tbn, 29.97 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 131 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 1986 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size= 14927kB time=00:01:06.26 bitrate=1845.3kbits/
frame= 4062 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size= 28015kB time=00:02:15.53 bitrate=1693.3kbits/
frame= 4596 fps=3723 q=-1.0 Lsize= 30934kB time=00:02:33.35 bitrate=1652.5kbit
s/s
video:25591kB audio:2446kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB mux
ing overhead: 10.331098%

[jagabo]

I don't know why it doesn't play in VLC (MkvToolnix doesn't see the streams either) but you remux it to another container with ffmpeg.

ffmpeg -i %1 -vcodec copy -acodec copy %1.ts

Put that in a batch file and drag/drop the TS file onto it. A new TS file will be created with an extra .TS at the end, eg, mtv.ts.ts.

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Oops, too late...