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Hi all,

 I have a file in MPEG-TS format and trying to convert it to DVR-MS. Is this format supported by todvrms.exe so that I can just change the container?

I tried it and the result is a DVR-MS file, seems playable, however the length of the movie does not seem to be correct.

Here is the Media Info output for the input file:

ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG-TS
File size                        : 8.91 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 52mn
Overall bit rate                 : 11.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 35.5 Mbps

 ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : MPEG Video
Format version                   : Version 2
Format profile                   : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix          : Default
Duration                         : 1h 52mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 9 931 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 40.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 038 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 1.850
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.208
Stream size                      : 7.78 GiB (87%)

ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Duration                         : 1h 52mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 514 MiB (6%)

Output of DVRMSToolbox follows, with bolded potential issues:

Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Current Affinity: 3 System Mask: 3
File is not a dvrms-file
Could not retrieve stream information
Meta data could not be read, some actions may not function properly
Run Profile = ConvertToDVRMS
ProcessId = 6292
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.1.9
Throttle DVRMStoMPEG
FWThrottle: D:\test.mpg
WaitTime: 5 PollTime
Waiting to process file
Queue file
Duration = 00:00:01.0296018
Waiting for available worker: 12/27/2009 11:14 PM
Worker allocated: 12/27/2009 11:14 PM
Run todvrms.exe "D:\test.mpg" "D:\test.dvr-ms"
Run C:\Program Files (x86)\DVRMSToolbox\Applications\todvrms.exe "D:\test.mpg" "D:\test.dvr-ms"
Duration = 00:07:19.3202611
Total Duration = 00:07:20.3498629

 Thank you.

It should work.  What happens if you run todvrms directly on the file?

Does the dvr-ms file play?  If so, how much is missing?

It does work running it directly with the same result (my profile basically does only call todvrms, nothing else).

The resulting file plays well, nothing is missing, but only the reported movie length is 7 hours and 30 minutes, instead of 1 hour and 50 minutes as in the original MPG.

Do you get different results if the file ext is ".ts"?

That's a weird one, it could be a timestamp problem in the original file.

Just tried it by renaming the original to ".ts", still with same result of 7 hours and 33 minutes...

Here is the output with -v switch, does the bolded text be the problem:

todvrms "d:\test.ts" "d:\test2.dvr-ms" -v
MPC-HC MPEG source is the preferred source filter for this file type.  It could
not be loaded, the default will be used instead
Source filter GUID: 55da30fc-f16b-49fc-baa5-ae59fc65f82d
Get stream pin
Find Video pin
Add AttributeEnable Filter
Connect source to AE pin
Connect first pin
Add VA Filter
Connect stream/video pin to mpg analyzer
Render Analyzer pin
Grab the connected pin
Grab the connected pin
Got audio pin
Add Audio SG Filter
Connect audio to Sample Grabber Ac3: 0
Render SG Outpin
Write MetaDataItem WM/ToolName = todvrms
Write Attributes
Start Recording
Run the graph

It's worth a shot, that's the splitter I test with.

UPDATE: tried with -wtv switch, and the resulting WTV reports the correct movie length and plays well. DVR-MS still is weird...

That is a weird one.  If you using the built in wtv->dvr-ms converter does the resulting file have the correct duration?

babgvant:

That is a weird one.  If you using the built in wtv->dvr-ms converter does the resulting file have the correct duration?

No, it doesn't work at all, the converter seems to start but immediately closes, and it generates a 6,442 bytes only file...

I tried with 3 different versions of todvrms (1.0.0.8, 1.0.0.9, 1.0.1.0) to convert multiple different files to DVR-MS, all with the same result: file is playable, contains whole movie, yet reported duration is way longer than expected...

Is there a way to debug this? Like seeing which external codesc/filters/splitters is todvrms using and might cause this? Can Haali be causing this issue?

I am using the latest version of Haali 1.9.355.21 and it seems that the x64 version is in use while using 1.0.0.8 and 1.0.0.9 and x86 version while using 1.0.1.0. What is the recommended version of Haali to use with todvrms?

I ran into this same problem. I was converting mkv's created by makemkv, contained original DVD mpeg-2 and ac3 audio, and like clock work got the extra time reported. The files played fine all the way through the video and then stop instead of going all the way through the extra time. FF and Rew were off because I could FF into the extra time, but video would stop when I tried to play.  Tried fixdvrmsduration without any luck.

I am also having this problem. Took my daughters Cinderella DVD, ripped to mkv using MakeMKV and get an MPEG2 video AC-3 audio mkv file showing the correct 1:15:05 length. When using todvrms I get a dvr-ms file that plays perfect, has the entire movie and looks like the correct file size, but is reported at 05:14:00, a little more than 4 times the length it was supposed to be, consistent with the original posters times as well. Troy