MPEG program stream

MPEG Program Stream
Filename extension
.mpg, .mpeg, .m2p, .ps
Internet media type
video/MP2P, video/MP1S, video/mpeg
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.mpeg
Developed byMPEG
Initial releaseAugust 1993; 30 years ago (1993-08)
Latest release
ISO/IEC 13818-1:2019
June 2019; 4 years ago (2019-06)
Type of formatContainer format
Container forAudio, video, data
Extended toVOB, EVO, MOD
StandardISO/IEC 11172-1, ISO/IEC 13818-1, ITU-T H.222.0
Open format?Yes
Free format?Yes

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/ITU-T H.222.0). The MPEG-2 Program Stream is analogous and similar to ISO/IEC 11172 Systems layer and it is forward compatible.

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

Coding structure

Program streams are created by combining one or more Packetized Elementary Streams (PES), which have a common time base, into a single stream. It is designed for reasonably reliable media such as disks, in contrast to MPEG transport stream which is for data transmission in which loss of data is likely. Program streams have variable size records and minimal use of start codes which would make over the air reception difficult, but has less overhead. Program stream coding layer allows only one program of one or more elementary streams to be packaged into a single stream, in contrast to transport stream, which allows multiple programs.

MPEG-2 Program stream can contain MPEG-1 Part 2 video, MPEG-2 Part 2 video, MPEG-1 Part 3 audio (MP3, MP2, MP1) or MPEG-2 Part 3 audio. It can also contain MPEG-4 Part 2 video, MPEG-2 Part 7 audio (AAC) or MPEG-4 Part 3 (AAC) audio, but they are rarely used.[citation needed] The MPEG-2 Program stream has provisions for non-standard data (e.g. AC-3 audio or subtitles) in the form of so-called private streams. International Organization for Standardization authorized SMPTE Registration Authority, LLC as the registration authority for MPEG-2 format identifiers. It publishes a list of compression formats which can be encapsulated in MPEG-2 transport stream and program stream.

Coding details

Partial MPEG-2 Program Stream pack header format
Name Number
of bits
Description
sync bytes 32 0x000001BA
marker bits 2 01b for MPEG-2 version. The marker bits for the MPEG-1 version are 4 bits with value 0010b.
System clock [32..30] 3 System Clock Reference (SCR) bits 32 to 30
marker bit 1 1 Bit always set.
System clock [29..15] 15 System clock bits 29 to 15
marker bit 1 1 Bit always set.
System clock [14..0] 15 System clock bits 14 to 0
marker bit 1 1 Bit always set.
SCR extension 9
marker bit 1 1 Bit always set.
bit rate 22 In units of 50 bytes per second.
marker bits 2 11 Bits always set.
reserved 5 reserved for future use
stuffing length 3
stuffing bytes 8*stuffing length
system header (optional) 0 or more if system header start code follows: 0x000001BB
Partial system header format
Name Number
of bytes
Description
sync bytes 4 0x000001BB
header length 2
rate bound and marker bits 3
audio bound and flags 1
flags, marker bit, and video bound 1
Packet rate restriction and reserved byte 1

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