MPEG program stream

MPEG Program Stream
Filename extension
.mpg, .mpeg, .m2p, .ps
Internet media type
video/MP2P,[1] video/MP1S,[1] video/mpeg[2][3]
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.mpeg[2][3]
Developed byMPEG
Initial releaseAugust 1993; 31 years ago (1993-08)[4]
Latest release
ISO/IEC 13818-1:2019
June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06)
Type of formatContainer format
Container forAudio, video, data
Extended toVOB, EVO, MOD
StandardISO/IEC 11172-1,[4] ISO/IEC 13818-1,[5] ITU-T H.222.0[6][7]
Open format?Yes
Free format?Yes[8]

Program stream (PS or MPEG-PS) is a container format for multiplexing digital audio, video and more. The PS format is specified in MPEG-1 Part 1 (ISO/IEC 11172-1) and MPEG-2 Part 1, Systems (ISO/IEC standard 13818-1[9]/ITU-T H.222.0[6][7]). The MPEG-2 Program Stream is analogous and similar to ISO/IEC 11172 Systems layer and it is forward compatible.[10][11]

Program streams are used on DVD-Video discs and HD DVD video discs, but with some restrictions and extensions.[12][13] The filename extensions are VOB and EVO respectively.

  1. ^ a b "RFC 3555 - MIME Type Registration of RTP Payload Formats". July 2003. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  2. ^ a b "Details for: MPEG-2 Program Stream". PRONOM: The technical registry. The National Archives (United Kingdom).
  3. ^ a b "Details for: MPEG-1 Program Stream". PRONOM: The technical registry. The National Archives (United Kingdom).
  4. ^ a b ISO (1993). "ISO/IEC 11172-1:1993 - Information technology -- Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s -- Part 1: Systems". Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  5. ^ ISO (1996). "ISO/IEC 13818-1:1996 - Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Systems". Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  6. ^ a b ITU-T (May 2006). "H.222.0 Summary". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  7. ^ a b ITU-T. "H.222.0 : Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Systems". Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  8. ^ MPEG-2 Encoding Family (Full draft). Sustainability of Digital Formats. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2021. Licenses pertain to tools and not to streams or files per se.
  9. ^ ISO/IEC 13818-1:2000 - Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Systems (PDF), neuron2.net, 2000-12-01, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-11
  10. ^ ISO (2000-12-01) ISO/IEC 13818-1 : 2000, Second edition Page X, Retrieved on 2009-07-25
  11. ^ Data Broadcasting, MPEG-2 Transport Basics, MPEG-2 Program Stream, Retrieved on 2009-07-25
  12. ^ DVD - MPeg differences, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
  13. ^ MPEG.org (July 21, 1996) DVD Technical Notes - Video Data Specifications, Retrieved on 2009-07-25