Changing default recording format

[Galaxysurfer]

I added a backup/second server onto Win 10 running Sagetv v 9.2.2 & lav 74.1. My primary is on Linux. I have discovered to my dismay that the videos are recording to .ts instead of .mpg. How is that determined & how can I fix it to preferred mpg format? Could it be because I also have Microsoft decoders installer on that pc?

Galaxysurfer

[Galaxysurfer]

To answer my own question. the .ts format seems to be related to the Hdhomerun tuners. With my Hauppauge tuners the stream is saved as .mpg. the only way to change the .ts ones is to use a different tuner.

[jpwegas]

.ts is an MPEG-TS container and .mpg/.mpeg could either an MPEG-PS or an MPEG-TS container. Chances are all your recordings are MPEG-TS even though the extension is different.

--John

[RonBoyd]

Originally Posted by Galaxysurfer

To answer my own question. the .ts format seems to be related to the Hdhomerun tuners. With my Hauppauge tuners the stream is saved as .mpg. the only way to change the .ts ones is to use a different tuner.

I am unsure about that. I have HDHomeRun tuners with Sage v9 and the recordings are all .mpg.

I was, however, surprised to find several .ts files on my computer. The were TV shows in the "Plex Video Folder" directory. I am not sure how they got there but I must have been experiment and set up automatic recording... and promptly forgot what I was doing. <chuckle>

[Tiki]

Originally Posted by RonBoyd

I am unsure about that. I have HDHomeRun tuners with Sage v9 and the recordings are all .mpg.

I was, however, surprised to find several .ts files on my computer. The were TV shows in the "Plex Video Folder" directory. I am not sure how they got there but I must have been experiment and set up automatic recording... and promptly forgot what I was doing. <chuckle>

There is a settings in Sage.properties to force it to save as program stream. This is supposed to make it save as mpeg-ps with mpg extension. However, there were some recent posts that indicated this feature may be broken in recent versions of Sage (I think it saves with mpg extension, but is still a transport stream).

[jpwegas]

Galaxysurfer,
No need to be dismayed , Sage supports both container types and both extensions. I wouldn't worry about it. I'm guessing something (LAV filter?) is naming the files that way because by default the Homerun tuners put out a MPEG-TS stream and .ts is a common extension for MPEG-TS containers.

--John

[Galaxysurfer]

I can play them. I was just surprised to see the difference on win 10. I hadn't used the win 10 server version in awhile, & not on that pc. The bonus is that the file size is smaller. Not sure about difference in picture quality with the different file sizes. The ts file hails back to when I was recording to physical dvds via an oldschool dvr Just getting used to the differences between the Hauppauge pci & SiliconDust network tuners & playing with Linux vs Win 10 servers/clients