[mdlug] mpeg files from MythTV play w/o audio in PS3

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: R. Kannan [mailto:rkannan at peoplepc.com]

> I used a video bitrate of 2048 and I was successfully able to 
> create the file. 'file' command on the file returns
> 
> test3.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 1280 x 720, >30 
> fps, video: DivX 4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
> 
> But PS3 could not play this format eithee. It recognized the 
> file but as DIVX but when I tried to play the file, it just 
> said 'Data unsupported' and after that it shows up the file 
> as 'Unsupported Data' :-( I even tried changing the extension 
> as mpg with no luck.

 That's weird. What version of firmware is your PS3 at? Mine's at the
latest, 2.42. Files I've created with that script have played on my
PS3 just fine. I've read that earlier versions of the firmware could be
quite picky about media - like requiring the video resolution to be an
exact multiple of 8, and other such restrictions.

 Also, since both the original and the converted files are AVI, and
the original plays video but not audio, then the first command I
suggested  *should* have worked. (It just copies the video without
change, and turns the audio into mp3 instead of A52.)

 Sincerely,

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