Can't open some TS-files

[Kohlhaas]

I use Avidemux under MX-Linux (Kernel 6.6.11-1) in two versions:
nightly build 2.8.1 and self-compiled 2.8.2.You cannot view this attachment.You cannot view this attachment. 

For some time now I have been unable to open some TS files (recorded by the TV).
In both versions I get an error message that the attempt to open the file failed.
What can I do?

[alexstorm]

I suspect encryption.  Check the network traffic during download.  There will probably be a small .key file in the download stream that comes before any .ts file.  You would have to run a script to process the .ts files with the key before you can open them.  It's complex and I've never bothered to create a script to do this.  There are discussions online.  It's the same type of encryption that can be used for .mp4 downloads.  Just a guess.  Hope that helps.

[Kohlhaas]

I don't think so:
I can play this files without problems with VLC or SMPlayer ...

[eumagga0x2a]

Please provide a sample MPEG-TS file (200 MiB should suffice).

[Kohlhaas]

It gets even more mysterious:

I had shortened the problem file to 200MB and then tried to play the shortened file with VLC.
Since that worked, I also tried to see if this file could be opened with avidemux.  That worked!
The original TS file (approx. 2.1 GB) still cannot be opened with avidemux.
Does it still make sense to provide the shortened file?
I could also upload the original file to my Onedrive and provide a link.

[eumagga0x2a]

Please split the original MPEG-TS file into 200 MiB chunks (preferably not named as <prefix><digits><.extension>. <prefix><digits><nodotsuffix><.extension> scheme should be fine), try to load the last one in Avidemux. If it works, delete the generated *.idx2 file, continue with the second last and so on until Avidemux fails to load a chunk. Then please provide that chunk as sample via WeTransfer, Mega, Dropbox or Google Drive (a link to OneDrive would be fine too as long as it doesn't require any authentication).

[jimmyjim]

Same happened to me awhile ago and eumagga was able to help; open up the generated idx2 file in notepad and set the fps=0 to anything other than 0. To edit the video with avid, convert it to mp4 using ffmpeg or something

[eumagga0x2a]

As long as we have an alternative to coffee cup reading, let us try the alternative!

[Kohlhaas]

I came across the solution to the puzzle by chance:
When recording films or other programmes, my TV creates a (numerical) directory.
This directory contains several .TS video files as well as .ts.idx and .ts.idx2 files.
In my particular case, however, one of these .ts.idx2 files was empty (0 bytes).
After I had removed this empty file, I was able to open (all) .ts video files with Avidemux without any problems.

[eumagga0x2a]

This directory contains several .TS video files as well as .ts.idx and .ts.idx2 files.

I wonder whether you tried some really ancient Avidemux versions on these files. Honestly, this topic proves my assumption that deleting existing .idx2 index files prior to reporting any problems has become universal knowledge being wrong

[Kohlhaas]

I'm sorry, but I'm just an inexperienced user of avidemux who has no in-depth knowledge of the various video file types and their purpose/meaning. I would be happy if there was a short introduction to this topic on the Avidemux help website.

In the meantime I have found out for myself that these .idx2 files are generated by Avidemux (and not by my TV as I thought).
However, I still have no explanation as to how this empty .idx2 file came about - there is definitely no old version of Avidemux on my PC.

Thank you very much for the fact that Avidemux exists - it is perfectly adequate for my needs.