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optional header. From the PES packets, 184-byte-long pieces are taken and to these another 4-
byte-long header is added, making up 188-byte-long packets called “transport stream packets”
which are then multiplexed. They can be multiplexed directly in transport streams for
broadcasting or they can be saved as program streams.
Image 9.1.3.2.1: PES (from the presentation of Walter Fischer in Belgium 2008).
9.1.3.3 Program stream (PS):
The program stream or PS is a container format for multiplexing audio, video and data. 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. 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.
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