Verified local conversion

TS to MPG

Pulling the soundtrack out of a .ts video into .mpg audio keeps what you can hear and drops the picture entirely. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.

Private for supported formats — processed in your browser

Convert supported files

Runs on your device

Drop TS files here

Batch files can each use a different output. Nothing uploads for local conversions.

Working inputs include camera RAW, browser-local audio/video, PDF, CBZ/CBR comics, office documents, ebooks, markup, 3D models, structured text, images, and archives.

About converting MPEG transport stream to MPEG video

Pulling the soundtrack out of a .ts video into .mpg audio keeps what you can hear and drops the picture entirely. A .ts file is an MPEG transport stream, the packetized format built to carry television through unreliable channels like antennas, satellites, and cable. DVR recordings, IPTV captures, and HLS streaming segments all use .ts, making it one of the most common raw broadcast formats people encounter.

The .mpg extension is the three-letter spelling of .mpeg, applied to identical MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 program stream data. Files named .mpg and .mpeg are interchangeable at the byte level, so players and converters treat them the same and differ only in the label they display. For this route the practical draw is opens in everything from Windows Media Player to ffmpeg and decades of tooling make its behavior thoroughly predictable — balanced against dated compression wastes space compared with any modern codec, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.

Why convert TS to MPG?

The usual reason to take .mpg audio out of a .ts file is that only the sound matters — a talk, interview, song, or podcast segment. Keeping the video stream would waste storage, and a dedicated audio file is easier to trim, tag, and play. On the source side, packet overhead runs several percent above an equivalent MP4; on the target side, the payoff is opens in everything from Windows Media Player to ffmpeg, which is exactly what you want for working with recordings from PC TV capture cards.

TS vs MPG at a glance

AspectMPEG transport stream (.ts)MPEG video (.mpg)
Format typeContainer — quality depends on the codecs and settings insideContainer — quality depends on the codecs and settings inside
How it stores datafixed 188-byte packets with sync bytes and continuity counters allow receivers to detect and skip corrupted databyte-for-byte the same program stream format standardized in ISO/IEC 11172 and ISO/IEC 13818
Strongest atsaving recordings from DVRs and set-top boxesworking with recordings from PC TV capture cards
Weak spotpacket overhead runs several percent above an equivalent MP4dated compression wastes space compared with any modern codec
Metadatabroadcast service tables (SDT/EIT) can carry channel names and program-guide data, but there is no field for user taggingnothing beyond the raw stream itself, so titles and descriptions live only in the filename
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Add your TS file

Drop one or more .ts files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.

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Pick MPG as the output

Select .mpg in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if MPG is selectable, the route is real and validated.

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Convert on your device

Press Convert. A WebAssembly FFmpeg build demuxes the audio track and re-encodes it locally; the video stream is simply discarded.

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Verify and download

Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid MPG file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .mpg extension.

TS to MPG questions, answered

Will converting TS to MPG lose quality?

Since ts is container-oriented and mpg is container-oriented, the conversion preserves the source content exactly as stored; no additional compression pass is applied beyond what .mpg itself requires.

Is it private to convert TS files here?

Yes — the .ts file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. A WebAssembly FFmpeg build demuxes the audio track and re-encodes it locally; the video stream is simply discarded. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.

Where will the MPG file work?

Any application that accepts .mpeg files accepts .mpg without complaint, since the difference is purely historical. That covers VLC, Windows Media Player, and QuickTime Player, but not the HTML5 video element in any browser.

Will the MPG file be bigger or smaller than my TS?

Much smaller — the video stream is usually 80–95% of a .ts file's weight, and it is discarded entirely. The remaining audio is re-encoded at the bitrate implied by your quality setting.

What happens to the metadata in my TS file?

This converter strips container metadata deliberately (the FFmpeg command runs with metadata mapping disabled) so exported files do not leak recording details. In the source, broadcast service tables (SDT/EIT) can carry channel names and program-guide data, but there is no field for user tagging; none of it is transmitted anywhere because the file never leaves your browser.

Can I convert MPG back to TS?

Yes — the reverse route exists as a separate tool. Bear in mind that round-tripping .ts → .mpg → .ts is not a perfect undo when any lossy step is involved; keep your original if fidelity matters.