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TS

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MPEG-TV recorded video format

File type: Digital video and movie file

A ts file extension is commonly used for recorded  MPEG-TV video stream by various TV-DVB/DVD devices. A ts file is container format defined in MPEG2 Part 1, Systems. The ts files are playable in various media players such as Windows Media Player, VLC Player, MPlayer etc.

Found 2 different file type records with the same ts filename suffix.

What is ts file?

File type category:
Digital video and movie file

Date updated: July 13, 2025

File extension ts is used for MPEG-TV compressed video files, recorded with DVD recorders, or DVB receivers with recording options.

Video and audio data are stored in MPEG-2 multimedia file format defined in MPEG2 Part 1, Systems (ISO/IEC standard 13818-1). It is also known as ITU-T Rec. H.222.0.

TS file format is container format that encapsulates packetized elementary streams with error correction and stream synchronization features. It is also popular to use in broadcast applications such as DVB and ATSC.

DVD and DVB recorders often save MPEG-TV recorded files as multiple files on a DVD medium, or hard drive  like name1.ts, name2.ts, name3.ts, etc.

How to open ts file?

The format is widely supported in most modern media players.

You can use PowerDVD, VLC Media Player, Apple DVD, MPlayer, Windows Media Player to open and play *.ts files.

How to convert ts file?

You can use any converter, that is listed in associated application list, to convert the TS MPEG-TV recorded file in to other video file format.

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Associated software actions with the ts file

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Qt translation source code

File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file

Date updated: November 30, 2017

The ts file extension is associated with the Qt, an application framework for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms.

The ts file contains phrases and translations to other languages.

How to open ts file?

Use Qt to work with *.ts files.

Suggested software to open ts file:

Associated software actions with the ts file

Software applications that can open ts files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that create ts files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that manage or store settings in ts files:

Microsoft Windows

Convert .ts files

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