Looking for ts to mp4 conversion tool

[joel5632]

Hi,

i am looking for a tool able to convert some ts files to mp4.

These ts files contain a H264 (mpeg4 avc) video stream and a AAC sound track

Only the ts container shall be converted to mp4, not the video nor audio stream which shall stay untouched.

I tried many tools but all of them encode the video and audio stream.

avidemux should be able to do the job since there is an option "copy" for both video and audio but unfortunately it always crashs.

Thanks
joel

[Baldrick]

Maybe you can try demux the audio and video tracks with tsmuxer and remux with mymp4boxgui or yamb to a mp4.
Or
ffmpeg -i video.ts -acodec copy -vcodec copy new.mp4

But you migh get sync issues..ts h264 conversions/remuxing isn't that simple.

[bat999]

Hi,

i am looking for a tool able to convert some ts files to mp4.

These ts files contain a H264 (mpeg4 avc) video stream and a AAC sound track

Only the ts container shall be converted to mp4, not the video nor audio stream which shall stay untouched.

Hi
Use FFmpeg like this:

ffmpeg -i foo.ts -c copy foo.mp4

Or use WinFF with (my) "Pass Thru mp4" preset.
Information here ---> https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/343895-Pass-Thru-presets-for-WinFF

[joel5632]

thx

[RogerTango]

HandBrake reads TS files no problem, can output to MKV or MP4.

I use the CLI to encode to the desired codecs and container. Works a charm.

Andrew

[oreons]

MkvToMp4 can repack ts to mp4 without converting.

[RogerTango]

I have found that handbrakecli and the latest FFMPEG can reliably read MTS & TS files, and encode from that. I can also repack audio and video into an MKV with codec copy & FFMPEG if so desired. The problem I had prior was OLDER versions of both.

Cheers,
Andrew

[focuspuller]

I need the same thing. What conversion tool can convert ts to mp4 and make it compatible with Sony Vegas?

[_Al_]

Vegas should load TS file, it is more like what is inside of that TS container, post mediainfo of that TS file, maybe someone will have an idea whats wrong ...

before anything I'd just tried to load your TS file into TsMuxer and mux it again, or better demux it first and then mux streams again

[turk690]

...i am looking for a tool able to convert some ts files to mp4.
These ts files contain a H264 (mpeg4 avc) video stream and a AAC sound track
Only the ts container shall be converted to mp4, not the video nor audio stream which shall stay untouched...

Try vlc. Media>convert/save... Have used it to convert to and from certain containers; original audio and video streams remain untouched.

[focuspuller]

Vegas should load TS file, it is more like what is inside of that TS container, post mediainfo of that TS file, maybe someone will have an idea whats wrong ...

before anything I'd just tried to load your TS file into TsMuxer and mux it again, or better demux it first and then mux streams again

I can create a mediainfo file if someone is interested. I'm using .ts files I have created using Hauppauge Capture with a HD PVR 2. I tried TsMuxer, it didn't work for me. I also tried saving a file with VLC, didn't work for me either.

[trodas]

I want (even my player plays ts file nicely - but for others) convert a ts stream file into mp4 file w/o reencoding it. It was downloaded from there:
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10408111009-cesky-zurnal/214562262600003-matrix-ab/
By using YTD 1.52: http://www.pepak.net/ytd/youtube-downloader/

The resulting file is 2G big (2 078 509 200 bytes) and I would like to create a mp4 file from it, so I can be replayed easily by others (uploading to YouTube seems to work).

Now at first, I tried the FFMpeg ways mentioned there:
ffmpeg -i x.ts -c copy x.mp4
ffmpeg -i x.ts -acodec copy -vcodec copy x.mp4

Both failed with this:

encoder         : Lavf57.2.100
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:
1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
    Stream #0:1(ces): Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 44100 Hz, stereo, 118
 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[mp4 @ 03c82a00] Malformed AAC bitstream detected: use the audio bitstream filter 'aac_adtstoasc' to fix it ('-bsf:a aac_adtstoasc' option with ffmpeg)
av_interleaved_write_frame(): Operation not permitted
[mp4 @ 03c82a00] Malformed AAC bitstream detected: use the audio bitstream filter 'aac_adtstoasc' to fix it ('-bsf:a aac_adtstoasc' option with ffmpeg)
frame=    3 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=     170kB time=00:00:00.25 bitrate=5467.6kbits /s
video:170kB audio:4kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
Conversion failed!

So then I turned my attention to the tsMuxeR tool. It open the file rather nicely, BUT it let me choose only these outputs:
TS muxing (is not that the original?!)
M2TS muxing (not mp4, useless for me)
Blue-ray ISO (not mp4, useless)
Blue-ray folder (even more useless)
AVCHD folder (now come on...)
Demux (uhm...)

...and that it is. How can I get a mp4 from this is beyond me... but maybe I do something wrong?


Next step was Virtual Dub external encoder. I never tried it before, but looks like that it is kinda easy to do, when using someone vdprof files and external encoders. Used guides there:
https://encodingtalk.com/threads/virtualdub-save-direct-to-mp4-fraps-to-youtube-with-e...encoders.2446/
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=171141
...and got it to work, but it says that I cannot use direct stream copy, witch was what I tried from the beginning:



Reencoding does work, tough.


Suggestions welcome.

[TorBru]

And what happens if you do as ffmpeg suggests?

ffmpeg -i x.ts -c:a copy -c:v copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc x.mp4

[_Al_]

So then I turned my attention to the tsMuxeR tool. .
.
Demux (uhm...)
.
.
How can I get a mp4 from this is beyond me

You can demux it in that tsMuxer and then mux those streams (video and audio) into mp4 using mp4boxgui

[trodas]

TorBru -

And what happens if you do as ffmpeg suggests?

ffmpeg -i x.ts -c:a copy -c:v copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc x.mp4

Hooooooray! That works! Thank you VERY much!

Input #0, mpegts, from 'x.ts':
  Duration: 01:13:15.40, start: 2.040000, bitrate: 3783 kb/s
  Program 1
    Stream #0:0[0x3e9]: Video: h264 (Main) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 12
80x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:1[0x3ea](ces): Audio: aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100 Hz,
 stereo, fltp, 118 kb/s
[mp4 @ 03e95aa0] Codec for stream 0 does not use global headers but container fo
rmat requires global headers
[mp4 @ 03e95aa0] Codec for stream 1 does not use global headers but container fo
rmat requires global headers
Output #0, mp4, to 'x.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf57.2.100
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:
1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
    Stream #0:1(ces): Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 44100 Hz, stereo, 118
 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)

Converted into playable mp4 file. There is a audio offset, but that happen to me many times with mp4 files (probably some decoder related bug, so I fix that by just VirtualDub and passing thru the mp4 file with direct copy of video and encoding the audio to mp3 / lame and that it is. Works! Many thanks!



_Al_ - interesting possibility. Maybe next time...? Thank you!

[Stears555]

The Video to video converter is better and more accurate software than the above mentioned examples.