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.
There is one other file type using
the TS file extension!
.ts - Qt translation source code
Software that open ts file
TS file extension - MPEG-TV recorded video format
What is ts file? How to open ts files?
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.
Updated: November 14, 2023
The default software associated to open ts file:
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.
VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows Media Player is default multimedia player installed in Microsoft Windows. WMP can manage music, videos and pictures in computer, play or view them, sync them with portable devices, or burn them on CD/DVD media. It also supports home media sharing with other computers.
List of software applications associated to the .ts file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open ts file, edit ts file, convert ts file, view ts file, play ts file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open ts file - MPEG-TV recorded video format
Programs supporting the exension ts on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open ts file action.