video/audio sync...again!

[wiab4355]

Hi all

Once again the thorny issue (for me at any rate) of video encoding has raised its head.
I have archived .ts files from my Humax Freesat PVR.
I would like to play them back using my WDTV media player and although this great little box can play back .ts files, the fast-forward and rewind with these files is hopeless, so I need them in a more friendly container, avi, mkv, etc.
So far I've tried Winff, Openshot, Avidemux and VLC; the first three had the audio going out of sync from the off, gradually getting worse and VLC just crashed!
Although I won't be going back to Windows (this is not a dealbreaker after all), it is slightly annoying the aforementioned proggies don't seem to work for me.
Do any M$ progs work, via Wine, in Mint?

Thanks to all, in anticipation
and goodnight from London

[jonsteckelberg]

You might try Kino. Have not tried it with that file type but it does work on some obscure formats.

[wiab4355]

Thanks Jon, but that didn't work for me.

Ho hum, back to the wife's Vista machine, I suppose!

[remoulder]

.ts files from my Humax Freesat PVR

This thread has some info on that file format that might help. If not try searching the ubuntu forums for .ts files.

[wiab4355]

remoulder

thanks for the link; read the article but not sure if it's relevant to me; I can play these files on the laptop via VLC, no problem. It's converting them to a WDTV-friendly format that's the problem - video and audio losing sync, gradually at first but getting worse the more it plays.