TS and FLAC explained
MPEG Transport Stream was designed for broadcast, where a receiver might tune in at any moment. It is built from small self-contained packets, which makes it resilient to errors but awkward to edit.
FLAC compresses audio losslessly, typically to about half the size of WAV. Decompressed, it is bit-for-bit identical to the original — the compression is mathematical, not perceptual.
- Where TS files come from
- AVCHD camcorders, TV recordings, and HLS streaming segments.
- Where FLAC is used
- Hi-fi music libraries and archival rips of physical media.