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Why did you need to convert it ? I would find it hard to find anything that won't play mpeg2 576i content in a transport stream container. That includes Window 7 and 10 laptops, cheap portable £20.00 media players, Any of the Humax boxes with usb media streaming, Android Tablet, Smart Phone, Blu-ray player, Amazon Fire TV. Even a Foxsat-hdr will play them if AV2HDR is used to create the required sidecar files. In fact all of the above will play back 1080i H264AVC content with ac3 audio also in a transport stream container.
If you are talking HD and aac audio that may be an issue for some older kit sound wise.
But they won't play on a Panasonic PVR - that is not without a lot of conversion work. If you think back we have had this discussion before. I found this out when trying to stream files (in SD) from the Humax to the Panasonic HWT120 over DLNA. Humax must put something in the data stream which prevents this, though as I say it can be circumvented with a little patience.
That isn't the same as copying the files to another device and in the process removing the decryption. It's a limitation of the DLNA client on the Panasonic. I can stream SD recordings from a HDR FOX T2 to a PC, and also HD recordings to a second HDR FOX T2 without any sort of modification.
No Graham, even if I copy files to a USB stick (in SD) from the 2000T they still won't play without converting either on the Panasonic or PC. They will once I use Handbrake. It simply produces 'file not recognised' or 'file not supported' messages. I suspect changes have been made in the newer hardware.
Have you looked at the file format using MediaInfo ?
Yes, you provided that tip last year when we discussed the issue then. Can't remember what the outcome was but Handbrake certainly provided the solution. However, copying isn't something I tend to do as I have most of the media I require on a NAS. Streaming it the thing that irks me. I can stream from the Panny PVR to a number of devices (including the Humax) without too many problems. I do get the odd file that won't play on the Humax. However, all files streamed from the Panny PVR to the Panny TV play without issue.
Files from the Humax will not play at all when streamed to the Panny PVR. That's when the copying and conversion comes in.
It appears to me that in an attempt to prevent piracy manufacturers have also made it darn difficult for consumers to stream media to the host of devices they own - so much for a connected world.
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