MPEG Transport Stream

Writable

video

MPEG-2 is a lossy compression standard (an improvement and expansion of the MPEG-1 standard) designed for the generic coding of video and audio and intended to cover a wide scope of application, including: video production, broadcast and editing. Streams are at potentially higher bitrates than MPEG-1 but more efficient compression making it suited to High Definition video. MPEG-2 Video supports both 'progressive' and 'interlaced' frame video. An MPEG-2 'Transport' stream file (TS) file (*.ts, *.m2ts) is designed for low-latency, real-time transmission and is used in broadcasting. It can contain multiple programmes, not necessarily intended for synchronised playback. TS incorporates features that can allow flexible access to and playback of stream content.

Identify it

Extensions	`.ts.m2t.m2ts.tsa.tsv`
MIME types	`video/mp2t`
PRONOM	`fmt/585`
Wikidata	`Q1194435`
Library of Congress	`fdd000635`

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Open it

AndroidOpen sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0 / GNU General Public License, version 2.0
FFmpegOpen sourcereads and writes · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
Q127161383Open sourcereads and writes · 2-clause BSD License
CuttermaranOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
FFmpeg (WebAssembly)Open sourcereads · GPL-2.0-or-later
GStreamerOpen sourcereads · GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later
HandBrakeOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Q50938515Open sourcereads · GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later
VLC media playerOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
Any Video Converterreads and writes
Creator NXT 2reads and writes
Movavi Video Editorreads and writes · proprietary license
Pinnacle Studio 17 Ultimatereads and writes
VideoStudio X7reads and writes
Adobe Premiere Proreads · proprietary license
CineAssetreads
ENVIreads · proprietary license
Final Cut Pro Xreads · proprietary license
IrfanViewreads · freeware
Media Composerreads · proprietary license
Media Player (Windows 11)reads
MicroDicomreads · proprietary license
Microsoft Photosreads · Microsoft end-user license agreement
OvenMediaEnginereads
Q300915reads · freeware
Freemake Video Converterreads · freeware

Convert it

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To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Advanced Audio Coding	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
FLAC 1.2.1	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.flac` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
FLAC 1.2.1	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Audio track only: the video is dropped.
MP3	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
Ogg	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
Ogg Opus Codec Compressed Multimedia File	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
WAV	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.wav` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
WAV	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Audio track only: the video is dropped.
AVI	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Re-encoded with lossy codecs (H.264/AAC, or VP8/Vorbis for WebM).
GIF 89a	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser 10 frames per second, at most 480 pixels wide, 256 colours, no sound.
Matroska	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.mkv` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
Matroska	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Re-encoded with lossy codecs (H.264/AAC, or VP8/Vorbis for WebM).
MP3	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.mp3` Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
MP4	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.mp4` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
MP4	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Re-encoded with lossy codecs (H.264/AAC, or VP8/Vorbis for WebM).
Ogg	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.ogg` Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
QuickTime	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Re-encoded with lossy codecs (H.264/AAC, or VP8/Vorbis for WebM).
WebM	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.ts out.webm` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
WebM	FFmpeg (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Re-encoded with lossy codecs (H.264/AAC, or VP8/Vorbis for WebM).

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), WebAssembly engines (ImageMagick, FFmpeg, Pandoc, 7-Zip, GDAL, Assimp, resvg), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-26.

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