README.md

MPEG-TS Inspector

This is a debugging tool that parses and outputs the contents of MPEG-TS files. Currently, it understands TS packets, PAT sections, PMT sections, and PES packets.

Setup

You will need git and python3 installed.

git clone https://github.com/brendanlong/mpeg-ts-inspector.git
cd mpeg-ts-inspector
./setup.sh # installs a Python 3 virtualenv with bitstring and crcmod

Usage

Activate the virtualenv with:

source bin/activate

See current options with ./ts_inspect.py -h.

Examples

Show all TS packets, PES packets, PAT sections and PMT sections

./ts_inspect.py --show-ts --show-pes --show-pat --show-pmt somefile.ts

Show TS and PES packets for PID's 33 and 34

./ts_inspect.py --show-ts --show-pes --filter 33,34 somefile.ts