Those problem recordings contain three video streams, one is a 1920x1080i MPEG-2 stream and other two 704x480i MPEG-2 streams, according to MediaInfo. The third one is not recognized by tsMuxeR GUI (v1.106) though. Sometimes, both 704x480i streams are not recognized by tsMuxeR.
If I use tsMuxeR GUI to remux the video with just the 1920x180i video stream to a new .ts file, the video can then be played by VLC, Windows Media Player and hardware streamers such as the Netgear eeoTV 550.
Does this info help?
Here is a sample output from MediaInfo:
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General
ID : 459 (0x1CB)
Complete name : H:\Videos\JRiver\TV Recording\Rick Steves' Europe 2012-09-01.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 2.59 GiB
Duration : 29mn 59s
Start time : UTC 2012-09-01 07:30:06
End time : UTC 2012-09-01 08:00:04
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 12.4 Mbps
Video #1
ID : 49 (0x31)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=30
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 29mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 19.4 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Video #2
ID : 65 (0x41)
Menu ID : 2 (0x2)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 334ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601
Video #3
ID : 81 (0x51)
Menu ID : 3 (0x3)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 33ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601
Audio #1
ID : 52 (0x34)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 29mn 59s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -686ms
Stream size : 96.1 MiB (4%)
Language : English
Audio #2
ID : 68 (0x44)
Menu ID : 2 (0x2)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 29mn 59s
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 41.2 MiB (2%)
Language : Spanish
Audio #3
ID : 69 (0x45)
Menu ID : 2 (0x2)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 29mn 59s
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 82.4 MiB (3%)
Language : French
Audio #4
ID : 84 (0x54)
Menu ID : 3 (0x3)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 29mn 59s
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 82.4 MiB (3%)
Language : English
Text #1
ID : 49 (0x31)-CC1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : EIA-608
Muxing mode : A/53 / DTVCC Transport
Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1
Duration : 29mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)
Text #2
ID : 49 (0x31)-1
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : EIA-708
Muxing mode : A/53 / DTVCC Transport
Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1
Duration : 29mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)
Language : English
Text #3
ID : 49 (0x31)-2
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : EIA-708
Muxing mode : A/53 / DTVCC Transport
Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1
Duration : 29mn 58s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)
Menu #1
ID : 48 (0x30)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Duration : 29mn 59s
List : 49 (0x31) (MPEG Video) / 52 (0x34) (AC-3, English)
Language : / English
...
Menu #2
ID : 64 (0x40)
Menu ID : 2 (0x2)
List : 65 (0x41) (MPEG Video) / 68 (0x44) (AC-3, Spanish) / 69 (0x45) (AC-3, French)
Language : / Spanish / French
...
Menu #3
ID : 80 (0x50)
Menu ID : 3 (0x3)
List : 81 (0x51) (MPEG Video) / 84 (0x54) (AC-3, English)
Language : / English
...
Menu #4
ID : 144 (0x90)
Menu ID : 9 (0x9)
List : 154 (0x9A) ()
Menu #5
ID : 160 (0xA0)
Menu ID : 10 (0xA)
List : 170 (0xAA) ()
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