Creating a Program Stream MPEG File

I work at a small public cable access operation and we use Final Cut 4 to edit our video. The video is then burned to DVD for airing. We recently purchased a file server that requires the files to be in MPEG 2 Program Stream format. It is my understanding that Final Cut Pro creates MPEG 2 Transport stream formats.
I am looking for both hardware and software solutions to convert from an MPEG 2 transport stream to an MPEG2 program stream.
Thanks for the help.

I use Compression Master by Popwire. Expensive at $499, but it works. I don't think you can convert transport streams to program stream though.
--DKG

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Can I create this in FCE and how?
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Hi,
by reading at FCE4 manual, page 1020 it doesn't say that it can export MPEG2 files, but MPEG4.
iDVD encodes the source material into MPEG2 for DVD authoring.
As it seems that you need a file (not a DVD), iDVD creates assets (encoded movies) before burning into a DVD. Those assets are inside the iDVD project and are created when iDVD encodes your movie, but I'm not sure whether you can use them as your output file to deliver for your contest.
You can try and see if iDVD will keep them before burning (you can avoid to burn a physical disk, the encode happens before).
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Mpeg 2 program stream is a single multiplexed file with audio & video both contained in it. For a dvd, I would normally create an mpg 2 & aiff file. The meeting is running off a server the city operates & it has to be delivered as a file, not a disc. Sorry, should've made that a little clearer in my initial post.

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FCP > Mpeg-2 program stream
I use Final Cut Studio v2.
I need to output to a Mpeg-2 program stream tha tis viewable on a PC
I can output and play a mpeg without audio on a PC, but when I try to output with audio, it stutters horribly on the PC. (I use compressor to make the mpegs)
I think it may be the audio.
How can i fix this? I've read that I should convert the audio to a mp3 then mux it.
The problem is that I have NO IDEA how to do this!
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step by step directions would be awesome
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There are several different kinds of Mpeg-2 files. Sounds like you've been creating the one normally used for making DVDs. DVDs require "elemental" streams. That means the audio and video are separate streams, files. So it's doing exactly what you're asking it to do. I imagine you're choosing one of the DVD presents.
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Compressor Mpeg-2 program stream

I use Final Cut Studio v2.
I need to output to a Mpeg-2 program stream tha tis viewable on a PC
I can output and play a mpeg without audio on a PC, but when I try to output with audio, it stutters horribly on the PC. (I use compressor to make the mpegs)
I think it may be the audio.
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I think I am having this same problem. I have a server that I want to put video onto, which then allows us to schedule the programming, etc.
I have Final Cut Studio 2 and have tried pretty much every possible compression configuration, but the sound seems to be stuttery or cut in and out. The server requires one of these file types: mpg, mpeg, vob, m2p, m2v, or mp2 and the video and audio must be contained in the same file. I have tried transport streams, program streams, and elementary streams which I tried to mux with MPEG Streamclip unsuccessfully. I wanted full HD res, but I decided to drop the size to NTSC because I thought maybe this was the problem and it still didn't work. Compressor's MPEG-1 setting looked terrible, but the audio played fine. Does the bit rate need to be changed?
There is video on the server that DOES play correctly, so I know it's not a result of our speakers or anything like that. I think that video was compressed or otherwise created using a trial version of MPEG Power Pro (it was before I got to this job, so not 100% sure).
I have tried so many options and just want to find how to easily compress it so it will look good AND sound good! Am I misunderstanding the compression options or just missing something in general? Please help.

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I made a sequece of 33 minutes on FCP. Main goal was to export the movie, just to view on my iMac. I have tested just about everything that the Compressor offers. At the end it appears that MPEG-2 Program Stream did a good job. I wonder why (almost) always is adviced to make a stand alone movie via Quicktime Movie or Quicktime Conversion. The videoquality is not better than Program Stream. Of course I also did the Quicktime conversion. Good result, but round the edges of moving objects sharp horizontal lines show up. I know that deinterlace can deminish this problem (jus a little bit). Downside is also that the filesize increases dramaticly.
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If you are only going to watch this on a computer I would de-interlace your footage. I don't usually make MTS mpg files unless they are requested. These usually are requested because they are playing back from a particular system that prefers MTS.
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export a quicktime movie of your sequence
-due to your length I would uncheck make self-contained(lower-left of the export window)
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Hi Susan,
It is no simpler converting vobs to mp4 than mpg (mpeg2).
There is *always* a loss of quality converting video from one lossy-compressed format to another, e.g. mpeg2 to mp4.
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Mac: ffmpeg -i myvideo.vob -sameq myvideo.mpg
Win: ffmbc -i myvideo.vob -sameq myvideo.mpg
If Lr5 won't accept them, then you can convert to mp4 with minimal quality loss using a command like:
Mac: ffmpeg -i myvideo.vob -sameq myvideo.mp4
Win: ffmbc -i myvideo.vob -sameq myvideo.mp4
You may need variations of these commands depending on encoding of vob.
Note: -i means -input-file; -sameq means -same-quality, as much as possible.
ffm... is smart enough to avoid re-encoding, if possible, when -sameq is used, and makes reasonable choices for audio/video codecs based on extension of output file.
Of course, you'll need to download/install ffm... program if not already on your machine, and execute commands in a terminal or command window.
Do keep us posted please .
Cheers,
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Hello, and welcome to the forums.
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