Encoding Video To Play On SV4 USB

[mrsouthg]

Hi,

Firstly, I am very pleased with my SV4 box, so pleased I am trying to think of additional applications for it.

I'd like to convert some films I have to play on my SV4 box through the USB. This would mean they were a couple of clicks away and I wouldn't have to get my laptop and out the video to the tv etc etc etc......

I know the SV4 box records in .ts (Transport Stream).......but can anyone shed any light on the best apps to use to turn an AVI into a .ts?

Thanks in advance....

[azrael69]

Hi mrsouthg,

have you tries a program called SUPER?

I convert .avi's with it all the time.

It's not the prettiest looking program in the world - but it is free.

Hope this helps

[fredsuthers]

Super (pardon the pun ), thanks for that. Looks good.

You can get more info here: www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[tony_i]

Are you sure Super can convert avi to ts?

No good to me anyway, as doesn't work on Vista.

[azrael69]

Well .ts is a format selectable as an output container.

I haven't tried it on my SV4 I must admit.

[tony_i]

It'll be interesting to know if anyone has any success with this.

[scjgreen]

You will need to encode to MPEG2 with .ts container, not sure about bitrates or audio codecs, ill post more details later.

[tony_i]

Look forward to hearing the results. Thanks.

[mrsouthg]

Hi,

I've played around with Super and I am finding that the
audio gets screwed up. Totally out of sync.

I appreciate it might be something to do with the way the
audio is encoded in my download.

Any idea's anyone????

I saw satsmo asked for people to get back with results of
encoding to mpeg2, as opposed to specifically to .ts.

I'll try that.

[tony_i]

Thanks for reporting back. I wish I could help but know absolutely nothing about video, and as I said earlier Super won't work on my comp.

By the way, can anyone recommend a very simple (preferably free) video editor please that will work with .ts files? My recordings from the SV4 don't end when they should so I have a few half hour programmes that take up eight hours of hdd space - I'd like to be able to cut them down.

Cheers