What do I do with a .TS FILE ????

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PosterGuy <PosterGuy@home.com> wrote:

>I downloaded a .TS file to try out my new HD television (I don't have HD
>cable or satellite yet) thinking that I could burn it to a DVD and play it
>on my DVD player - but I don't think I can. None of my PC programs will
>play it either on my computer.
>I'd like to play it on my TV - how do I do this ???

TS is for Transport Stream, which is how digital TV is broadcast.
It's packetized MPEG2. Several players will play it directly, some
requiring extra codecs. You might want to start with VLC from
www.videolan.org/, which doesn't need extras.

If you want to turn it into an ordinary MPEG2 file, HDTVtoMPEG2 will
strip off the packet overhead. It's also a handy cut-and-splice
editor, great for removing commercials. There are several versions
floating around; look for 1.11 Beta.

Del Mibbler

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Need I remind you that if you burn it to DVD and play it in your DVD
player-you will NOT be seeing HDTV. Your results will not be any better
than a good DVD movie. I had my HDTV for about a week or two before I just
couldn't take it any longer, I HAD to get some HD service for it, you must
be in the same spot!

--Dan

"PosterGuy" <PosterGuy@home.com> wrote in message
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>I downloaded a .TS file to try out my new HD television (I don't have HD
> cable or satellite yet) thinking that I could burn it to a DVD and play it
> on my DVD player - but I don't think I can. None of my PC programs will
> play it either on my computer.
> I'd like to play it on my TV - how do I do this ???
>
> Thanks

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PosterGuy wrote:
> My DVD player outputs 480p. Doesn't that make it HD ???
>
>
>
> (I think my roof will be sporting a dish pretty soon
>
>
> "dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:vcvJd.5777$8Z1.268@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com:
>
>
>>Need I remind you that if you burn it to DVD and play it in your DVD
>>player-you will NOT be seeing HDTV. Your results will not be any
>>better than a good DVD movie. I had my HDTV for about a week or two
>>before I just couldn't take it any longer, I HAD to get some HD
>>service for it, you must be in the same spot!
>>
>>--Dan
>>
>>"PosterGuy" <PosterGuy@home.com> wrote in message
>>news:Xns95E8E117E5BEEPGuyhomecom@198.80.55.250...
>>
>>>I downloaded a .TS file to try out my new HD television (I don't have
>>>HD
>>>cable or satellite yet) thinking that I could burn it to a DVD and
>>>play it on my DVD player - but I don't think I can. None of my PC
>>>programs will play it either on my computer.
>>>I'd like to play it on my TV - how do I do this ???
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
Transport Stream MPEG-2 Video Stream.

VOB files you find on a DVD are MPEG2-PS files. The PS format, however,
is not adapted for streaming video through a network or by satellite.
Another format called Transport Stream (TS) was designed for streaming
MPEG videos through such channels. VideoLAN software can handle these
streams.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

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PosterGuy wrote:

> My DVD player outputs 480p. Doesn't that make it HD ???

I think some people would put that as an ED - Enhanced Definition.
In reference to SD - (Standard Definition) being 480i.

Ie: better than SD but still not labeled as HD.


--
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42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in news:MPG.1c632803b06ca6869899db@shawnews:

> In article <35rv7vF4nrs5eU1@individual.net>, you.wish@duh.net says...
>> PosterGuy wrote:
>>
>> > My DVD player outputs 480p. Doesn't that make it HD ???
>>
>> I think some people would put that as an ED - Enhanced Definition.
>> In reference to SD - (Standard Definition) being 480i.
>>
>> Ie: better than SD but still not labeled as HD.
>
> As DVDs themselves are only 480i, a 480p DVD player isn't delivering
> true 480p picture. Its simply delivering a re-processed (deinterlaced)
> 480i picture.
>
> This is often a marked improvement over 480i on HD CRT displays... but
> on fixed pixel displays (LCD, DLP, Plasma) the set is going to convert
> it to 720p or whatever the native resolution is before it displays it
> anyway.
>
> When that is the case: whether your player converts it to progressive
> scan or your TV does is pretty nearly irrelevant. At best it will look
> marginally better on whichever device happens to have the better
> deinterlacer.
>
> Generally, if you have a decent fixed pixel display, a progressive scan
> (480p) dvd player adds very little or nothing to PQ.
>
>
>

Thank you all for your answers. I am beginning to understand things a bit
more with your help !