On 04.01.2009 11:55, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
Up to now VDR has used names like 001.vdr for its recording files. While moving to Transport Stream as the recording format, I need to use a different file name extension, and so was wondering which one to use. My first idea was *.ts, for "Transport Stream", but when I point, for instance, Konqueror to such a file, it thinks it is a "Qt Translation Source". So I was wondering if I should use *.mpg instead. This one is identified by Konqueror as an MPEG file and will make it launch a proper player.
What do you think about this? Is *.mpg also appropriate for h.264 encoded files?
AFAICT the "norm" is to name the suffix after the container-format used, not what is stored inside the container. (Or would you use different suffixes for different types of files you put into a .tar-Archive?)
So as .ts is the container it should be the appropriate suffix.
Bis denn