---
name: "tsserve"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tstools"
version: "1.13~git20151030-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tsserve"
---

# tsserve(1)

get info about the streams within a transport stream

## NAME

**tsserve** – get info about the streams within a transport stream

## SYNOPSIS

**tsserve** \[**-details**\] \[**-err stdout**\] \[**-err stderr**\] \[**-quiet** \| **-q**\] \[**-verbose** \| **-v**\] \[**-port** *port\_no*\] \[**-noaudio**\] \[**-pad** *filler\_pkts*\] \[**-noseqhdr**\] \[**-prepeat** *pat\_freq*\] \[**-h264** \| **-avc** \| **-h262**\] \[**-dolby** **dvb** \| **atsc**\] \[**-0**\] *file0* \[**-1** *file1*\] \[**-2** *file2*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Act as a server which plays the given file (containing Transport Stream or Program Stream data). The output is always Transport Stream.

### Input:

- *infile*

  An H.222.0 TS or PS file to serve to the client. This will be treated as file 0 (see below).

- **-0** *file0* .. **-9** *file9*

  Specify files 0 through 9, selectable with command characters 0 through 9. The lowest numbered file will be the default for display.

### General Switches:

- **-details**

  Print out more detailed help information, including some less common options.

- **-err stdout**

  Write error messages to standard output (the default)

- **-err stderr**

  Write error messages to standard error (Unix traditional)

- **-v**, **-verbose**

  Output additional diagnostic messages

- **-q**, **-quiet**

  Suppress informational and warning messages

- **-port** *port\_no*

  Listen for a client on port *port\_no* \[default = 88\]

- **-noaudio**

  Ignore any audio data

- **-pad** *filler\_pkts*

  Pad the start of the output with *filler\_pkts* filler TS packets, to allow the client to synchronize with the datastream. \[default = 8\]

- **-noseqhdr**

  Do not output sequence headers for fast forward/reverse data. Only relevant to H.262 data.

### Program Stream Switches:

- **-prepeat** *pat\_freq*

  Output the program data (PAT/PMT) after every *pat\_freq* PS packs. \[default = 100\]

- **-h264**, **-avc**

  Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-4/AVC.

- **-h262**

  Force the program to treat the input as MPEG-2.

Both of these affect the stream type of the output data.

If the audio stream being output is Dolby (AC-3), then the stream type used to output it differs for DVB (European) and ATSC (USA) data. It may be specified as follows:

- **-dolby** **dvb**

  Use stream type 0x06. \[default\]

- **-dolby** **atsc**

  Use stream type 0x81

For information on using the program in other modes, see **-details.**

## SEE ALSO

[tsinfo(1)](/tsinfo/1.md), [pcapreport(1)](/pcapreport/1.md)