is there any way to convert TS?

[ujang]

hi, sorry for my bad english,

i have download this documentary video from the internet (now the video in my pc harddisk),
the video is TS file, the quality of the video is about 8/10, the file size is about 120mb, the average bit rate is 498 kb/s, 638 x 362 pixels, 33 minutes

now the problem, the TS is good, but when i like to slide the time duration bar (i don't know what it called) or move to 5 / 10 second forward / back, the video player is "buffering" some file only 1 or 2 seconds, but another file can be above 10 second, i hate this,

because of that, i like to convert it, i have tried many converter software, but the result is quite disappointing, it can be same quality but the size is huge, it almost over 1.5gb, another trick i use handbrake 2 pass but the results size is 3x times, about 310mb file, plus it takes a lot of time, about 45 minutes, i think i will avoid this in the future

the condition that i want is, the file size and quality is relative same, but the "buffering" is gone,
if you all have any trick to do this thing?, please help

[netmask56]

Post a MediInfo file report of the file. Possibly what you could do is use MakeMKV to wrap it in a MKV container, it would be the same size and maybe navigate better in your player

[ujang]

Post a MediInfo file report of the file. Possibly what you could do is use MakeMKV to wrap it in a MKV container, it would be the same size and maybe navigate better in your player

this is the source mediainfo

General
ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Complete name               : C:\delete me\how to smith.TS
Format                      : MPEG-TS
File size                   : 121 MiB
Duration                    : 33 min 53 s
Overall bit rate mode       : Variable
Overall bit rate            : 498 kb/s

Video
ID                          : 256 (0x100)
Menu ID                     : 1 (0x1)
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : Main@L3
Format settings             : CABAC / 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames   : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP        : M=1, N=50
Codec ID                    : 27
Duration                    : 33 min 53 s
Nominal bit rate            : 370 kb/s
Width                       : 638 pixels
Height                      : 362 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate                  : 25.000 FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.064
Writing library             : x264 core 148 r236 a01e339
Encoding settings           : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-1 / threads=2 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=50 / keyint_min=5 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=370 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=500 / vbv_bufsize=500 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID                          : 257 (0x101)
Menu ID                     : 1 (0x1)
Format                      : AAC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version              : Version 4
Format profile              : LC
Muxing mode                 : ADTS
Codec ID                    : 15
Duration                    : 33 min 52 s
Bit rate mode               : Variable
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel positions           : Front: L R
Sampling rate               : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate                  : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Delay relative to video     : -23 ms

Menu
ID                          : 4096 (0x1000)
Menu ID                     : 1 (0x1)
Duration                    : 33 min 53 s
List                        : 256 (0x100) (AVC) / 257 (0x101) (AAC)
Service name                : Service01
Service provider            : FFmpeg
Service type                : digital television

i use media player classic media info, i don't know if it will help,
for the results the1.5gb and 310 mb, i have deleted it

[KarMa]

Download MKVtoolnix and put the .TS file into a .MKV. I don't think .TS has any kind of indexing of files so it can take a long time before a new GOP starts, allowing it to play. Muxing into MKV should take only a few seconds.

[ujang]

Post a MediInfo file report of the file. Possibly what you could do is use MakeMKV to wrap it in a MKV container, it would be the same size and maybe navigate better in your player

additional info, the MakeMKV software is work for very good for disc image/drive, but it cannot open .TS file

note : i using windows 10

[flashandpan007]

Download MKVtoolnix and put the .TS file into a .MKV. I don't think .TS has any kind of indexing of files so it can take a long time before a new GOP starts, allowing it to play. Muxing into MKV should take only a few seconds.

As KarMa already mentioned -> MKVToolnix

[ujang]

Download MKVtoolnix and put the .TS file into a .MKV. I don't think .TS has any kind of indexing of files so it can take a long time before a new GOP starts, allowing it to play. Muxing into MKV should take only a few seconds.

oh my god, that works like a charm, thanks a lot, thanks a lot, it helps me so much

[netmask56]

No problem - I've been doing it for years - all my TS files of my PVR to MKV and DVD's and Blu ray. So far no problems. Any tracks within the resultant MKV file can be unticked in MKVToolnix and then remuxed.