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Hi
Is there a way to play m2ts files on xbmc ??
VirtualHub can convert them to mp4 but only in Stereo Sound and it takes a long time.
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This may sound like a feature request but I mean it as an inquiry regarding the capabilities of XBMC.
Could XBMC have the capability of playing .mt2 files that are recorded from the Apple FirewireSDK through the firewire interface on cable boxes? Of course it would only be for .mt2 files that have been recorded from programming marked "copy freely". I know VLC can play back these files but would this even be possible inside of XBMC?
Thanks
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spiff
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not sure, google tells me its some kind of mpeg2 transport streams.
try adding the extension and see how it goes - see the advancedsettings.xml page in the wiki on how to add extensions
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Did you put the file in the correct place? (and in linux i suspect case is important, all lowercase)
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Hey, why can`t I play my m2ts movies? They are simply not shown in the movie explorer. Is there any workaround or something?
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it's the lemmings! or perhaps the illuminati or the aliens!
provide some information, then you might be given some answers based on that information. without it i will have to guess.
which version are you running? i assume an old one. we have added the m2ts extension a while back. in any case you can add new ones using advancedsettings.xml
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I use XBMC for Windows, rev 13239. I performed that 'trick' with advancedsettings.xml file and it didn`t help. Neither did performing an update to 2008-06-16 snapshot which was said to have brought the support for m2ts.
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Dude you're mixing versions. rev 13239 of the windows port is the official Win/SDL port. There's no new one yet and what you're referring to is the Win/DirectX skinning port. Latter one isn't supported nor developed further. Read the faq for more information.
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OK, now I understand how it works and obviously got the m2ts files worked. Although the biggest problem I see now is the inability to play VC-1 codded streams and what`s worse to decode Dolby TrueHD / DS-HD MA audio. Is it however possible to use an external codec to get it worked?