So, the statement that “TS is worse than H.264” (or whatever other codec) is incorrect. It is NOT a CODEC for the audio or video itself. MPEG-2) to encode/compress the data, video and audio it transports. TS is NOT used in DVDs because that medium is reliable. It is complimentary to “PS” (Program Stream) which is used in DVDs.

getting a data stream from one place to another) over highly unreliable mediums (the satellite providers also use it). It defines the packet sizes, program guide structure, error correction mechanisms, etc… for transporting bits (i.e. TS itself does NOT encode video or audio. It can carry MPEG-2 compressed video, audio and data streams. TS is a system coding standard defined in ITU-T H.222.0 (or its ISO equivalent). I can’t recall if there was bloatware on installing but as usual always use custom installation instead of letting programs run automatically even if that is the recommended installation. They claim no spyware or malware and I’ve not come across any since using their product. Their paid version includes direct to DVD format ripping, ability to record live streaming links like Netflix and more. They have batch processing for multiple file conversions, and burn to many DVD formats: DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R Dual Layer, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R Dual Layer that can be played back on both PAL and NTSC TV with DVD & Blu-ray player. They have pre-format output filters optimized for dozens of popular devices including tablets, Smartphones and portable gaming systems by brand. We can even change height and width of videos as well as their audio and video bitrate. But here is the best part it has video editing tools that allow us to edit time portions out of the stream it allows us to literally crop out stuff like black bars or annoying adverts pasted above, below, and beside the video output area. It not only converts from 60+ formats including MKV and MP4 into other formats including DVD, HTML5 and MP3 / WMA. I use, “Any Video Converter”, by AVCLabs (their freeware version). So our system gets crammed packed with tonnes of little pieces of software each doing an individual job. I’m tired of one trick pony software that only does one thing and nothing else.

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