AussieJohn Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 I am using Kaffeine to capture video from terrestial Digital TV Broadcasts. It saves the capture as a .ts file. It seems that the capture is an avi codec. If that is correct, does anyone know why the file would be named TS instead of AVC and would it make any difference if It was renamed .avc ???. I have found most all video editing programs recognise .avc but none recognise .ts. Players such as Dragon Player and Totem play the files with no seeming concern. Please, any ideas welcome. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 TS is a container for MPEG-2 video files. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_transport_stream VLC (probably the one from PLF) should play these containers without much fuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Thanks Scarecrow. If I burn it to a data DVD, would my friends in the US, who only use Windows, be able to play it back ???. I am pleased to know what TS is now as Mpeg, and not AVC. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 If it doesn't play properly on the windows media player (I'm not sure), they can always install the VLC player for windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/ho...ay_ts_files.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 It would seem then that a number of players for Windows can handle TS. So that clears that up. Now what Mandriva or Linux programs can convert the .ts to mpeg-2 in Mandriva ??? as mentioned could be done within a Windows application. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) The latest versions of VLC surely can. In a few cases, you can just change the extension from .ts to .mpg without converting anything. Edited May 21, 2009 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks scarecrow, I will install vlc and see how it turns out. I note your other comment about renaming to mpg and see what transpires. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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