TS_PACKET_INSERT(1)

💖 NAME 💖

ts_packet_insert — bestie, this one inserts TS packets into a Transport Stream. That's the whole vibe. No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ts_packet_insert [-err stdout] [-err stderr] [-p positions]
                 [-pid pid_no] [-s -string] [-o out_file] in_file

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so real talk: ts_packet_insert drops TS packets into a Transport Stream, and it puts them exactly wherever you tell it to. You're the main character, you pick the spots. 💅

🌸 Input 🌸

• in_file — an H.222 Transport Stream file. That's your source, your starting point, your origin story. Hand it over. 🫶

🎀 Switches 🎀

• -err stdout — sends error messages to standard output. This is literally the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. ✨
• -err stderr — sends error messages to standard error instead. This is the Unix traditional way, iykyk. 👑
• -p positions — this is a colon (:) delimited string of numbers, and every number sits between 0 and 1. Each one says how far through the file to put a TS packet. So like, -p 0.1:0.4:0.7:0.9 will insert 4 packets at 10%, 40%, 70% and 90% through the file. Four positions, four packets, math is mathing. 🔥
• -pid pid_no — the inserted packets get the PID you specify. [default = 0x68] 🍓
• -s string — the inserted packets carry string as their payload. [default = 'Inserted packet'] 🌈
• -o out_file — the brand new TS file gets written out under the name you give it. [default = out.ts] 💖

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

Like, here's the moment you've been waiting for:

ts_packet_insert -p 0.3:0.6 -o out.ts -pid 89 -s "AD=start" in.ts

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

esdots(1)

💀 quick vibe check: that SYNOPSIS line says -s -string, not -s string. Not me trying to fix it, I'm just saying — type it exactly like it's written, bestie. 🙈

Okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this one's from the Debian crew, dated October 28, 2015, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section. Slay. 🎀✨