TS and Opus 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.
Opus is the current state of the art for lossy audio, and the codec behind most voice calls you make over the internet. It performs well across an unusually wide range, from 6 kbps speech to transparent music.
- Where TS files come from
- AVCHD camcorders, TV recordings, and HLS streaming segments.
- Where Opus is used
- Voice and video calls, modern podcast pipelines and WebRTC.