My HDTV card records broadcast HD in its native format (MPEG-2 video and AC3 audio, I think) as an MPG file. Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, zPlayer, and Mplayer can all play these files correctly, both video and audio.
But VideoStudio 9 plays only the video. For the audio, it claims that there is none at all.
Here is a sample (11MB) file:
www.fileh.com/lgmayka/Videos/1280x720.mpg
MPG won't play in VideoStudio 9
Moderator: Ken Berry
I cannot answer the question, but being curious, I downloaded the file.
Lasting all of six seconds and played in Windows Media 10 player, the audio was breaking up and the audio and video were so far out of sync, you could drive a semi between the vowels and the consonants.
I always use VideoReDo to bring OOS files back into sync, so I tried it. The file badly broke up in VRD, a situation I've never previously encountered in "normal" MPEG files.
Here are the clip properties as detemined by VRD.
I still cannot answer the question, but perhaps the properties info might help others who can.
Lasting all of six seconds and played in Windows Media 10 player, the audio was breaking up and the audio and video were so far out of sync, you could drive a semi between the vowels and the consonants.
I always use VideoReDo to bring OOS files back into sync, so I tried it. The file badly broke up in VRD, a situation I've never previously encountered in "normal" MPEG files.
Here are the clip properties as detemined by VRD.
I still cannot answer the question, but perhaps the properties info might help others who can.
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lmayka
The audio and A/V sync sound and look much worse in this very short clip. (I had to keep the clip extremely short, otherwise no one would have the patience to download it.)
Please be assured that on entire 30-minute programs, these original MPG files play quite nicely. I am extremely pleased with the ability to record HDTV programs digitally onto my hard drive for later playback!
However, as you can guess, these MPG files have several problems:
1) They are much too large for permanent archiving, or for portable presentation to relatives and friends.
2) They include commercials, which I want to edit out--ideally, using VideoStudio, but I'll gladly accept suggestions for other programs that can do the job.
3) They cannot be played even on an upconverting DVD player that understands DivX and MPEG-4.
My ultimate goal is to edit out the commercials from these recordings, then convert them to DivX or MPEG-4 at original resolution, for original-quality playback on a DVD player that decodes DivX/MPEG-4 and upconverts (and hence explicitly understands full 1920x1080 resolution).
Please be assured that on entire 30-minute programs, these original MPG files play quite nicely. I am extremely pleased with the ability to record HDTV programs digitally onto my hard drive for later playback!
However, as you can guess, these MPG files have several problems:
1) They are much too large for permanent archiving, or for portable presentation to relatives and friends.
2) They include commercials, which I want to edit out--ideally, using VideoStudio, but I'll gladly accept suggestions for other programs that can do the job.
3) They cannot be played even on an upconverting DVD player that understands DivX and MPEG-4.
My ultimate goal is to edit out the commercials from these recordings, then convert them to DivX or MPEG-4 at original resolution, for original-quality playback on a DVD player that decodes DivX/MPEG-4 and upconverts (and hence explicitly understands full 1920x1080 resolution).