@jak.willis

The analysis John asked for is essential to help find out the problem. That may well show the problem instantly.

Having said that, I've had many and various problems with .ts files not fully loading in the past. I've found that often the problem is the timestamp breaks (I think that's what they are anyway) get corrupted somewhere along the line. If this is the case then, for example, a 45 minute TS file would only load maybe the first 8 minutes and disregard the rest.

To "cure" this is often impossible but in some instances can be done with some difficulty, time and patience.

1 - Convert the TS file to MPG by rewriting the .ts extension to .mpg. This only works about 5% of the time. Many people may laugh at this but it has worked on rare occasions.

2 - Convert the TS file to MKV. This works quite often. There are many free apps that will do this. I use the free MKVToolnix

3 - Convert the TS file to an MPG using one of the myriad of free programs on the 'net.

4 - Convert the TS file to another TS file using Avidemux or similar with the copy video and audio setting.

5 - Run the TS file thorugh a free program called "MPEG Streamclip". This is an EXTREMELY OLD program that I've use since before Windows XP that uses Quicktime if you can find it.

MPEG Streamclip is very tempremental and doesn't like Windows 10 at all in any of the compatibility modes but when it does work it is brilliant. It has a setting called "Fix Timestamp Breaks" and it does just that. You can then save tha file as another TS or as an MPG. I reckon I've had 90%+ success with this program and TS and MPEG files - when it works (whether it works or not seems dependant on which particular Windows Update is active).

None of these options I've offered are guaranteed to work. I've spent hours some days trying to get a TS to work properly only to give it up as a bad job - or if you're really desperate you could try a screen recording.

Whatever you decide, send the Mediainfo first. It's probably something simple and believe me you can save yourself a lot of hassle, time and hair.

AndyW

@me_again

None of these options I've offered are guaranteed to work. I've spent hours some days trying to get a TS to work properly only to give it up as a bad job

I reckon VideoRedo would fix it.

@AAProds

Greetings, Good thinking, VideoRedo may well fix it

I was only considering free ways of repairing the file without re-encoding. I was under the impression that VideRedo was both paid for and a re-encoder. I'm willing to be corrected though.

AndyW

@jak.willis

The analysis John asked for is essential to help find out the problem. That may well show the problem instantly.

Having said that, I've had many and various problems with .ts files not fully loading in the past. I've found that often the problem is the timestamp breaks (I think that's what they are anyway) get corrupted somewhere along the line. If this is the case then, for example, a 45 minute TS file would only load maybe the first 8 minutes and disregard the rest.

To "cure" this is often impossible but in some instances can be done with some difficulty, time and patience.

1 - Convert the TS file to MPG by rewriting the .ts extension to .mpg. This only works about 5% of the time. Many people may laugh at this but it has worked on rare occasions.

2 - Convert the TS file to MKV. This works quite often. There are many free apps that will do this. I use the free MKVToolnix

3 - Convert the TS file to an MPG using one of the myriad of free programs on the 'net.

4 - Convert the TS file to another TS file using Avidemux or similar with the copy video and audio setting.

5 - Run the TS file thorugh a free program called "MPEG Streamclip". This is an EXTREMELY OLD program that I've use since before Windows XP that uses Quicktime if you can find it.

MPEG Streamclip is very tempremental and doesn't like Windows 10 at all in any of the compatibility modes but when it does work it is brilliant. It has a setting called "Fix Timestamp Breaks" and it does just that. You can then save tha file as another TS or as an MPG. I reckon I've had 90%+ success with this program and TS and MPEG files - when it works (whether it works or not seems dependant on which particular Windows Update is active).

None of these options I've offered are guaranteed to work. I've spent hours some days trying to get a TS to work properly only to give it up as a bad job - or if you're really desperate you could try a screen recording.

Whatever you decide, send the Mediainfo first. It's probably something simple and believe me you can save yourself a lot of hassle, time and hair.

AndyW

Hi,

I currently use Windows 7. I will get the mediainfo analysis uploaded as soon as possible.

The other issue with this is that the .ts files themselves have been copied over from my Panasonic Recorder. On the recorder you can edit the recorded programme by cutting bits out, and so I like to cut the adverts out of programmes. But then when I copy the recorded programmes over to the PC, the points at which I set the cuts at on the recorder are not accurate. In other words, when you play the files on the PC, the bits that I cut out are still there even though they were cut out on the recorder. So I’m very confused by all this.

@jak.willis

Hi

A MediaInfo analysis of one of the .ts files would help.

John EB
Forum Moderator

Hi, here are the screenshots of one of the files in mediainfo. The files are .m2ts, not .ts. Sorry for the confusion there.

@me_again

I was under the impression that VideRedo was both paid for and a re-encoder. I'm willing to be corrected though.

Andy, VideoRedo is indeed a paid-for program. But it will smart-render almost everything (as long as you're not crossing formats).

It is my go-to program for TV recordings and editing out the ads; MEP is just too clumsy. waiting for the frametable and graphics data. With VRD you can do 10-sec (actually totally customisable) jumps to scoot through the file to find the ads, and mouse wheel to frame-advance. It can't do lots of thing MEP can do, but for fixing up dodgy files so MEP will accept them, and of course the killer ability to smart-render all types after chopping out ads, it is great. It also does frame-accurate edits. Highly recommended.

@AAProds

Ooh, sounds interesting, I may give that a go.

As for all the blurb I wrote above it may be useful to someone but obviously not to the OP as he's using M2TS which is a differnt kettle of fish altogether - so to speak.

AndyW

@jak.willis

Hi

Thanks for the MediaInfo data, unfortunately the crucial data item that we require is missing ie if the framerate is Constant or Variable - this may not be available in the video file data.

. . . . Panasonic Recorder . . . .

Given the date of the recording, would this be a Panasonic VHS/DVD recorder?

If so:

Which model?

Did you record directly to disc or tape?

How did you do to get the .mt2s video file from the recorder to the PC?

John EB

@jak.willis

Hi

Thanks for the MediaInfo data, unfortunately the crucial data item that we require is missing ie if the framerate is Constant or Variable - this may not be available in the video file data.

. . . . Panasonic Recorder . . . .

Given the date of the recording, would this be a Panasonic VHS/DVD recorder?

If so:

Which model?

Did you record directly to disc or tape?

How did you do to get the .mt2s video file from the recorder to the PC?

John EB

Hi,

I think it may be the name of the file that’s causing you to question how old the recorder is. The “June 2000” is what I named the file as the recording is an episode of a TV show.

My recording machine is a Panasonic DMR-BWT850EB. What I did was first copy the TV recordings from the recorder to a Blu-ray Disc, then copied the files from the Blu-ray Disc on to the computer.

If you play the Blu-ray Disc on a Blu-ray Disc Player then the cutpoints are accurate, but if you play/copy them on Windows, the cutpoints are inaccurate. This issue is exactly the same with .ts files.

So, right now, the only way I can fix this, basically, is to load the files in to a program where I can cut the adverts back out, and then export without re-encoding so that there is no loss of quality. But this is a bit of a pain as I have already cut the adverts out on the recorder.