Challenge You have recording(s) made with your Samsung LED TV on a harddisk and you want to keep them as Matroska (mkv) files. Prerequisites. Linux (I use ubuntu so you might have to do some substitutions). git ( apt-get install git). (lots of) space Solution We need to do:.
Mount the Samsung LED TV formatted disk. Decrypt the needed file(s).
Convert the needed file(s) Mount disk The Samsung LED TV formatted disks are formatted as a XFS filesystem and you have to be able to mount it. It can be done on a Mac (search for fuse-xfs) and on Linux. I will explain the Linux version as I have not yet found a decryption tool for the mac. Put your USB harddisk with Samsung TV recordings in your linux machine. First you have to find which disk you have inserted. Use sudo fdisk -l and find the disk you have inserted.
The output should look something like below and you should be able to recognize your disk. HandBrakeCLI -e x264 -q 20.0 -a 1,1 -E faac,copy:ac3 -B 160,160 -6 dpl2,auto -R Auto,Auto -D 0.0,0.0 -audio-copy-mask aac,ac3,dtshd,dts,mp3 -audio-fallback ffac3 -f mp4 -Y 1920 -X 1080 -4 -decomb -loose-anamorphic -modulus 2 -m -x264-preset ultrafast -h264-profile high -h264-level 4.1 -start-at duration: $startat -i ' $1.ts' -o ' $1.mkv'. Make it executable chmod 755 samsungtv. Now you can convert files by just mounting the disk, go into the CONTENT folder and use a command like: samsungtv 1505. It will take care of the decryption and conversion in 1 go. Discussion June 10, 2014 - Thanks to Nick You may also want to mention that on at least some Samsung TVs if not all recent ones?
Ie the one that I own Model UEF5064000AK, the TV will quite happily record to a ext4 filesystem and not require the disk to be reformatted in XFS as would be the case if the filesystem was FAT32 or NTFS. December 25, 2014 - after a couple of mails It seems that the drmdecrypt does not work for all models or for newer model of Samsung. Please do not mail me with questions of how to fix them. Mails of that nature won’t be answered anymore. You may of course mail me with a fix:-) or do a pull request on github. I will give credit where credit is due The current version works for me, so good luck in making it work for you hehe.
Comments Please have your discussions but don’t ask me for help anymore.
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Either way, right click on the file in the MCPC and check its properties. Often times, the recorded file will only play on the pc that recorded it, or a media center extender that is associated with the host PC. When an extender gets set up on the host, the setup automatically changes the firewall settings to allow the extender.
If the device is not set up as an extender, these firewall changes never happen on the host PC. I share most of the initial points: SAMSUNG tv (40C8000 in my case) W7 recorded tv in MC Wife with similar expectations Unfortunately SAMSUNG specs are not consistent and I verify that my manual does not state wtv file support although some of their web pages do. C8000 cannot be purchased in my area anymore as only D-series is now available. Fact is that the sample Landscapes.wtv file in W7 under Public Recorded tv plays fine on my tv via DLNA (not visible via Samsung AllShare). All other wtv files although have common properties in W7 with the sample file, do not play (file not supported). I do notice that on my tv when I check the file properties, all these wtv files show their length but not the sample file. As this tv is on my bedroom wall, there is zero chance to have an extender(WAF=0) I use an xbox in my living room, therefore not an issue there.
May be recorded tv is not in any manufactures plan as all focus goes to new content consumption. There is also Serviio server. To know why this is you have to go back in time to the beginning of audio and video encoding.
The wars rages between companies (the REAL vs. MICROSOFT battles are legendary) as they patented this or that encoding. The result is where we are today.
As this is history, you can research that at your leisure but it meant that you had to create your own encoding and patent it. Samsung could not decode and play it without possible tribute or retribution. About the h264 crash. You may not realize it but since all this proprietary work was not public the decoders are often unreliable. For example if the decoder was expecting the numbers 10, 12 and 15 in some position and your h264 file has the number 11, then said software might lock up. There are many apps that will convert the wtv files to just about anything.
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I use a program called VideoReDo. It is simple & fast. It only re-encodes what it needs to. You can also strip out the commercials automatically.
Not much will convert the wtv if it is flagged protected but most public broadcasts are not. I can also suggest you visit thegreenbutton forum.
There are many apps & plug-ins for media center (most of which are freeware) that convert, strip commercials, etc in real time. Meaning as the program is being recorded, plugins are doing their thing.