Batch Get TV programme name from .TS file

Question

Is there a way to get the Name of current playing program, from a DVB recording in .TS format?

In VLC I can see it in Tile Bar, and also in "Now Playing", but in MediaInfo it shows many hours and programs, and not only what is being played.

Is it possible to get that Title from VLC CLI, and pass it to a var from a BATCH file?

I use Mediainfo CLI to pass others parameters, but if I look for it in the "Menu" section:

%mediainfo% "%~1" "--Inform=Menu; %%Title%%"

nothing shows, and I can't find the right parameter to get the Title of the TV Show (although maybe it will show all the hours and programs and not the current).

So, I'd like to know if I can do it with VLC CLI, MediaInfo CLI, or another CLI software.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you have recorded a TV stream there must be DVB tables in it. The information you want is hidden in these tables:

• SDT: Service Description Table (~ channel description: scrambled/clear, status, ...)
• EIT: Event Information Table (~ program description: name, length, ...)

Both of these tables are used to build an EPG.

Unfortunately I don't know a direct way to achieve what you want but you might want to try libdvbpsi, ffmpeg or dvbsnoop : this tools can analyse, and extract information from TS files.