Satellite DVR: Cant play recording on computer I have a Satellite STB which saves .mpg files.

I can't play them through vlc and avidemux gives me a blurred output?

Is there any way I can edit these recordings?

EDIT: Here is a link to a very short clip in this format (6.6MB).



mediainfo output:

General
Complete name                            : CCTV-11[02JUN2012-183712].mpg
Format                                   : MPEG-PS
File size                                : 3.94 GiB
Duration                                 : 1h 43mn
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 5 473 Kbps

Video
ID                                       : 234 (0xEA)
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP                    : Yes
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=12
Duration                                 : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 5 108 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 10 000 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Standard                                 : PAL
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.493
Stream size                              : 3.68 GiB (93%)

Audio
ID                                       : 192 (0xC0)
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 2
Duration                                 : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -921ms
Stream size                              : 189 MiB (5%)
Okay this has a stupid answer.

I installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras package and avidemux opens this file fine now.

Looks like I didn't have the right codecs.