TSINFO(1)

📦 version 1.13~git20151030, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 TSINFO(1) — get info about the contents of a transport stream 💖

okay bestie, welcome to tsinfo from the General Commands Manual (yes the whole squad is here) — she's the lil' sis of the TS tools and she is so good at one specific job, we love a specialist 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tsinfo [-err stdout] [-err stderr] [-stdin] [-verbose | -v]
       [-max max_scan | -m max_scan] [-repeat PMT_count] [file]

no cap, that's the whole vibe check right there ↑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. tsinfo reports on the program streams inside a Transport Stream. That's it, that's her whole personality 🎀

And listen, bestie, she is not the deep-dive girl. This command literally just dumps the initial PAT/PMT pairing — like, the first hello, the opening scene, the meet-cute — and then she's done. Periodt.

If you want more info on the program streams within the transport stream, go talk to tsreport(1) instead, she's the one with the lore. 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -err stdout — Write error messages to standard output. This is the default, so if you don't say anything, this is what you get. She's chill like that 💖
  • -err stderr — Write error messages to standard error instead. The Unix-traditional way, the OG move, the ancestors are watching 🫶
  • -stdin — Input from standard input instead of a file. Pipe it in, bestie, she's ready 🧚
  • -v, -verbose — Output extra information about packets. The tea gets spilled, the details get detailed ☕✨
  • -m max_scan, -max max_scan — max_qscan is the number of TS packets to scan. Defaults to 10000. That's ten thousand lil packets, she's doing cardio 💀🏃‍♀️
  • -repeat PMT_count — Look for PMT_count PMT packets, and report on each one. Not just the first, she's thorough, she's giving commitment 🌸
  • file — The transport stream file to get info on. If -stdin is specified then no file is expected — like, don't bring a plus-one to a solo date, it's giving awkward 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

tsreport(1) — go hang out with her next, she has the extended universe 💜

okay and before you go, the receipts: this page came from Debian, dated October 28, 2015. slay, bye bestie, go read your transport streams ✨🦋🎀💅

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