Hi,
Tony Houghton wrote:
In 200508241502.33976@orion.escape-edv.de, Oliver Endriss wrote:
Sorry, I'm using vdr to play vdr files. If some other software is not able to play PES, that software cannot be used or needs to be fixed.
Not everyone can use VDR that way because of limitations of output plugins, but it can still be useful for making recordings to watch with something else (by using the vdr-xine plugin for output but not actually running xine). MPlayer seems to be the only other player capable of playing the format, but it has problems like not being able to work out the length of recordings and show playback progress correctly. And even vdrsync often doesn't work properly. ProjectX nearly always works well though.
I am really missing a widely supported recording format. As long as you use only VDR, the vdr format is no problem, but as soon as you want to use streaming clients or different platforms (anyone here who still uses windows? :) ), you will run intro trouble. And having to convert every recording before watching it, is not really user friendly, and takes (unnecessary) space and time. Additionally, I use ProjectX for ages, and because of some recent changes, I am no more able to demux recordings that have more than two DD tracks. This also is a limitation that could be avoided by using a more common format. MPG is somewhat limited as already mentioned (subtitles etc.), so I would prefer some TS recording format like d-Box and Dreambox use it. Even if this conversion technically does not make sense (see a long thread at vdrportal.de), it make sense in a consumer´s view. And maybe we could finally get a well working TS live streaming (see discussion about dBox2 streaming-plugin in vdrportal and complaints about vlc not being able to play streams with sound, while dbox/Dreambox streams do work).
With kind regards
Joerg Knitter