[vlc] DVB-TS and ATSC-TS Differences

[Greg Herlein]

It's come to light in my work on transport streams this week that
DVB-formatted streams (prevalent in Europe and on many satellites
here in the US) have subtle differences from ATSC-formatted
streams (prevalent here in the US for digital broadcasting,
especially the free to air terrestial).

Specifically, the mapping of AC3 audio is done in 'PES private
streams' in DVB where it's has a mandated stream type of 0x06.
In ATSC it has to be set to a stream type of 0x81 and is a normal
audio PES stream.

Reference:

http://www.atsc.org/standards/a_52a.pdf
(see pages 118-127)

There must be other differences as well.  Does anyone know of a
definitive paper or document that details all these?  If not, is
anyone willing to help produce such a document?

Thanks!

Greg

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