Creating an MPEG-TS stream using ffmpeg

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HB9EGM
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Creating an MPEG-TS stream using ffmpeg

Post by HB9EGM » Wed May 30, 2012 9:05 pm

Hello all,

I have a question about the generation of the MPEG-TS (This is partly due to the fact that when I search for "MPEG TS" on the forum, the website tells me "The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: mpeg ts." :) ), more precisely on linux:

Has anybody had any success with ffmpeg, as described here :
http://www.ikeralbeniz.net/2012/05/23/g ... vb-t2-tdt/

Or are there other ways of generating a TS on linux ?

73,

Matthias HB9EGM

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Re: Creating an MPEG-TS stream using ffmpeg

Post by M0DTS » Thu May 31, 2012 9:27 am

Hi Matthias,

I have tried some time back with ffmpeg on Linux but found varying results.
I used it to generate the TS but i did not know about the settings from your link like stream ID and PIDs.. they look interesting!

If i remember correctly the TS output from ffmpeg was not 100% correct so it showed a number of errors on a dvb receiver.. plus the fact it was not including the other DVB specific information.

Hopefully someone else will comment, i'm sure there are others using ffmpeg...

Rob
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Re: Creating an MPEG-TS stream using ffmpeg

Post by PE9ZZ » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:31 pm

I'm trying to feed my surplus TV/Com DVB-S QPSK modulator with an ASI output from a DVEO "Master" card. The TS is generated with VLC but I've been unsuccessful in getting a picture on my RX (profdec from China). There's an issue with the service descriptor (service provider & name) not being properly inserted in the SDT. I guess that's the reason I don't see my input video. If I stream to a file it plays just fine. I hadn't realized that FFMPEG is also a viable TS generator candidate. I'll have a go at it, especially after someone remarked that "there's a lot VLC doesn't know about transport streams".

Tjerk, PE9ZZ

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