MPEG program stream
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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]
Quick Facts Filename extension, Internet media type ...
Filename extension |
.mpg, .mpeg, .m2p, .ps |
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Internet media type | |
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | public.mpeg[2][3] |
Developed by | MPEG |
Initial release | August 1993; 30 years ago (1993-08)[4] |
Latest release | ISO/IEC 13818-1:2019 June 2019; 4 years ago (2019-06) |
Type of format | Container format |
Container for | Audio, video, data |
Extended to | VOB, EVO, MOD |
Standard | ISO/IEC 11172-1,[4] ISO/IEC 13818-1,[5] ITU-T H.222.0[6][7] |
Open format? | Yes |
Free format? | Yes[8] |
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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.