TS2ES(1)

💖 ts2es — the girl who yanks one stream out of the chaos 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ts2es, a lil tool from the General Commands Manual section. its whole personality? extract a program stream from a Transport Stream. that's it. that's the job. she's a specialist, she's focused, she's not doing extra credit. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ts2es — extract a program stream from a Transport Stream 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ts2es -pid pid | -video | -audio [-err stdout] [-err stderr]
      [-verbose | -v] [-quiet | -q] [-max max_pkts | -m max_pkts]
      [-pes | -ps] in_file | -stdin out_file | -stdout

like. look at her. one command, so many little dials. iconic honestly. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the whole point: she extracts a single (elementary) program stream from a Transport Stream (or Program Stream). one stream. in, out. she's not messy about it. 💖

🌸 Files 🌸

• in_file — this is an H.222 Transport Stream file ✨ (but peek at -stdin and -pes first, they change the vibe a little)
• out_file — this is a single elementary stream file 🌈 (but again, -stdout exists and she's ready)

🌸 Which stream to extract: 🌸

this is the part where you tell her who you want. pick your main character. 👑

• -pid pid — output data for the stream with the given pid. and btw, use -pid 0xpid to specify a hex value 😌
• -video — output data for the (first) video stream named in the (first) PMT. 🎥 and guess what — this is the default. she assumes video unless you say otherwise, no cap.
• -audio — output data for the (first) audio stream named in the (first) PMT 🎧

fr fr, note the double "(first)" energy on both of those. first PMT, first stream. she's not hunting through every PMT for you, bestie. 🫶

🌸 Switches 🌸

• -err stdout — write error messages to standard output (this is the default)
• -err stderr — write error messages to standard error (the Unix traditional choice, very old-money 💅)
• -stdin — input from standard input, instead of a file 🍓
• -v, -verbose — output extra information about packets. she gets chatty. we love a talkative queen. 😭
• -q, -quiet — only output error messages. she goes minimal. silent but deadly. 💀
• -max max_pkts, -m max_pkts — maximum number of TS packets to read. a lil limit, a lil self-control. 🎀
• -pes, -ps — use the PES interface to read ES units from the input file. this allows PS data to be read. and listen — there is no point in using this for TS data. like, none. don't. 🙈

🚨 WAIT. important: -pes / -ps does not support -pid, -stdin or -stdout. periodt. don't try it, she will not be doing that. 😤

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• esdots(1), 🌟

this page is brought to you by Debian, dated October 28, 2015 💖 that's the source, that's the version, that's the whole vibe check. mwah. 🫶✨🎀