h.264 in a mpeg2-ts container

[vid2me]

I have Sorenson Squeeze and TMPEGEnc 4.0 Express, but I can't seem to find a way to encode a video in h.264 within a mpeg2-ts container. I would love to do it in mp4, but the client requires the file in mpeg2-transport stream
Is there a software solution? Please help

[poisondeathray]

You could encode it into .mp4 container then rewrap it with tsmuxer into a transport stream

Most software will have blu-ray or avchd presets, they will usually be encoded and wrapped with transport stream as well

I would check with your client to see if there are any other specific restrictions

[vid2me]

You could encode it into .mp4 container then rewrap it with tsmuxer into a transport stream

Most software will have blu-ray or avchd presets, they will usually be encoded and wrapped with transport stream as well

I would check with your client to see if there are any other specific restrictions

I tried tsmuxer. I exported a video only mp4 and aac only. When I join them and export I get an error

MP4/MOV error: Invalid H.264/AVC frame at position 1636278

when I try to mux the video only mp4 i get this error

MP4/MOV error: Invalid H.264/AVC frame at position 1636278

[poisondeathray]

you probably have errors in your stream. I would use a better encoder anyway . Export a lossless avi, and use multiavchd to encode

[vid2me]

you probably have errors in your stream. I would use a better encoder anyway . Export a lossless avi, and use multiavchd to encode

I am getting more errors through multiavchd. I can't export in lossless AVI again as the media is already offline on my timelines. So I have avid quicktimes that i need to transcode.

Any other options?

[poisondeathray]

Well if your input stream has errors or is corrupted, you should fix them . If both programs indictate errors, it's likely with your material . If that's not an option , you're probably screwed.

What kind of media do you have right now ? use mediainfo (view=>text) .

And there is no way to going back to the original project ?

[vid2me]

my ffmpeg video converter stops working when i run multiavchd.

[vid2me]

General
Complete name : HDFINALVERS.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 741 MiB
Duration : 40s 40ms
Overall bit rate : 155 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:32:37
Tagged date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:33:45
Writing library : Apple QuickTime

Video
ID : 1
Format : VC-3
Codec ID : AVdn
Codec ID/Info : Avid
Codec ID/Hint : DNxHD
Duration : 40s 40ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 154 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.473
Stream size : 734 MiB (99%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:32:38
Tagged date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:33:45

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : twos
Duration : 40s 40ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 7.33 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:32:38
Tagged date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:33:45

Menu
ID : 3
Duration : 40s 40ms
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:33:44
Tagged date : UTC 2010-07-12 16:33:45
Stream size : 4

this is the media info of the file that I need to convert

[poisondeathray]

you need quicktime installed and dnxhd installed , and you could convert it though avisynth & multiavchd , assuming the stream is error free. I've worked with dnxhd without any problems

an alternative is to convert it to h.264 using quicktime then tsmuxer to re-wrap into transport stream

you can't re-wrap dnxhd into transport stream , because it's not compatible (if that was what you tried before - you weren't very clear).

newer builds of ffmpeg should be able to handle it as well , what do you mean ffmpeg stops working ?

this really suggests you have stream errors

[jman98]

If the client requires an MPEG-2 TS file, I've got a feeling that they probably want MPEG-2 video in it as well and not this bastardized H.264 in an MPEG-2 TS wrapper. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm really getting the feeling that vid2me is trying to give them NOT what they want, but what is convenient for him. If I am right, you do understand that not giving the customer what they really need may be a great way to ensure that you lose their business forever, right? I work in IT and sometimes I have to deal with customers when certain issues between us and them need debugging and I know that customers often do a terrible job of describing what they really want, but man, I've got a bad feeling here that what vid2me is trying to do is not at all what they are looking for. If you could lose your job if you get this wrong, I urge you to clarify just exactly what the customer expects to receive rather than just assuming that what you propose will be OK.

[vid2me]

If the client requires an MPEG-2 TS file, I've got a feeling that they probably want MPEG-2 video in it as well and not this bastardized H.264 in an MPEG-2 TS wrapper. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm really getting the feeling that vid2me is trying to give them NOT what they want, but what is convenient for him. If I am right, you do understand that not giving the customer what they really need may be a great way to ensure that you lose their business forever, right? I work in IT and sometimes I have to deal with customers when certain issues between us and them need debugging and I know that customers often do a terrible job of describing what they really want, but man, I've got a bad feeling here that what vid2me is trying to do is not at all what they are looking for. If you could lose your job if you get this wrong, I urge you to clarify just exactly what the customer expects to receive rather than just assuming that what you propose will be OK.

They have explicitly stated that they want h.264 inside an mpeg2-ts file. I would have loved to provide them h.262 within m2ts or h.264 within mp4, but what they want might only be realistically possible through a dedicated hardware solution.

I was quite perplexed when they asked for mpeg2-ts with an h264 compression....

[poisondeathray]

If the client requires an MPEG-2 TS file, I've got a feeling that they probably want MPEG-2 video in it as well and not this bastardized H.264 in an MPEG-2 TS wrapper. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm really getting the feeling that vid2me is trying to give them NOT what they want, but what is convenient for him. If I am right, you do understand that not giving the customer what they really need may be a great way to ensure that you lose their business forever, right? I work in IT and sometimes I have to deal with customers when certain issues between us and them need debugging and I know that customers often do a terrible job of describing what they really want, but man, I've got a bad feeling here that what vid2me is trying to do is not at all what they are looking for. If you could lose your job if you get this wrong, I urge you to clarify just exactly what the customer expects to receive rather than just assuming that what you propose will be OK.

h.264 in transport stream is very common format. Most blu-ray titles use this compression ( a few use MPEG2 or VC1). Broadcast in Europe, BBC, Italy all use h.264 transport streams. Just because America still uses depreciated MPEG2 , doesn't mean the rest of the world has to

I was quite perplexed when they asked for mpeg2-ts with an h264 compression....

Guys this isn't something obscure. AVCHD is h264 video in a MPEG2 transport stream. Just about every consumer HD camcorder uses it. Think AVCHD camcorders .

Don't get hung up on the term "MPEG2 transport stream" . It's just a transport stream. It' s just a container to hold things. .m2ts IS a MPEG2 transport stream , just as .ts, .mts are as well.

[vid2me]

what do you mean ffmpeg stops working ?

I get ffmpeg not responding error in the middle of the transcode

[poisondeathray]

So that's 3 different programs that suggest the stream is corrupted. Let me guess it aborted near the same location as the other programs spit out errors ?

Can you play/scrub though that stream over that point ?

You could try to convert to h.264 in quicktime pro, then re-wrap in tsmuxer - this is hoping QT doesn't "barf" on the same error at the same spot

I suspect you have to go back to the original project and re-export an error free stream

I hope that any confusion over "mpeg2 transport stream" is cleared up ?

[vid2me]

woooohoooo, it finally worked. I tried another file and it worked like a charm. First mpeg4 avc/h264 encoding through TMPGEnc and then tsmuxer to output m2ts.

Checked the specs through media info of the outputted file and everything is just dandy. Thanks a bunch