DVR-MS not tested and parsed correctly about digitalmediaserver HOT 12 CLOSED

@Sami32 That's great, then I see no need to keep it around.

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I just tested it now, transcoding it to H264 / AAC in MP4 container without any issue at transcoding or playing.

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Of course not, i said recent !
I've used the N-86504 version, one month old i think.
I also tested transcoding it to MPEG1 without any issue.

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That make me wondering if ffmpeg_MPGMUX.exe is still need or not ?
Perhaps since the old era, FFmpeg is now able to handle it very well ?

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@Sami32 That's exactly what I want to figure out. I discovered that there's a lot of bugs related to the use of ffmpeg_MPGMUX.exe, so I need to figure out if it's needed so I have to try to fix it, or if it could just be removed.

From the little information I've found this far, it seems like nothing has happened in the FFmpeg parser related to that for years, so it's probably still needed. It's a special build with some "hacks" that fixes some timestamp issues on the fly that the recordings made by Windows is reportedly full off. That means, that the "normal" FFmpeg will probably be able to transcode files that's "perfect", but will struggle with typical non-perfect recordings.

Having only one sample file isn't ideal to determine this, but it's not very easy to find these files. Windows XP Media Center Edition can generate them, but from what I understand one needs a TV card to capture from. I'm not going to get a TV card just to generate some stupid dvr-ms files, so any help to figure this out is appreciated.

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Sorry to give you good new, but these issues has been fixed recently 😉
That where i take my sample from, so you've already the best sample for tests LOL
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3629

EDIT: Of course, if you still use the old UMS FFmpeg version, that will not fit the job !

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We better test it before 😉
That mean use a recent FFmpeg build, so it's also imply to solve the subtitles issue related to fontconfig that affect some users.

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@Sami32 With the version we currently use?

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@Sami32 Is this still an issue?

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@Sami32 Can you confirm that this is still a problem?

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Yes it is.
As they are special ASF files it should be safer to parse and identify them as DVR-MS file for a more easy debugging IMO.

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It seem that i've a branch for that but i don't remember what i've already done.

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