Concat Transport Stream

Copy recording from the TSD drive to a FAT32 USB HDD.

cat movie.TS4 movie_*.TS4 > movie.ts

Target drive needs to support large files >4GB

Convert to MKV

avconv -i movie.ts -sn -vcodec copy -acodec copy movie.mkv

If avconv aborts because of incomplete frames, use -ss and -t to seek a few seconds into the stream and stop a few seconds before the end.

Rip recordings to DVD

avconv -i movie.ts -target pal-dvd -b:v 8888k -vcodec mpeg2video -acodec copy -ac 6 -mbd rd -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -q:v 1 -r 25 -s 720x576 -aspect 16:9 -f vob -y movie.mpg

1. cut and demux using ProjectX
   • if not yet set, set Presettings → Special → global PTS shift (in hours) to auto
2. burn DVD using AVStoDVD

Notes:

• it will use the best audio track (see avconv doc)
• bitrate 8888k can be reduced
• direct piping (cat movie*.TS4 | avconv -i -) doesn’t work (in Windows)
• ProjectX doesn’t like avconv -g 100
• without demuxing, AVStoDVD can’t sync the tracks