Talk:MPEG elementary stream

From the MPEG-2 standard
stream_type -- stream_type is a 8 bit field specifying the type of the elementary stream according to the following table.

Private data, which is where you find captions (an example of a private data elementary stream) is an elementary stream. The standard itself says it - I don't know why you are talking about PES. The enclosed data isn't particularly relevant, and only confuses the explanation of the concept of elementary stream. Would you list the MP3 file format on Computer file? No - and for the same reason, I am removing the audio stream format. Nphase 21:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * This article is about elementary streams (ES), not Packetized Elementary Stream, which is where you find stream type or stream id. Listing examples helps people understand what is ES.  I would list mp3 file for computer file if there were no other examples available.  The difference between your analogy and this article is that ES has relatively few types with similar header structure.  I doubt people after reading the current article understand what ES is.  Giving some examples is helpful, and deleting examples is not helpful.  Daniel.Cardenas 15:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Official definition
"2.1.20 elementary stream; ES [system]: A generic term for one of the coded video, coded audio or other coded bit streams in PES packets. One elementary stream is carried in a sequence of PES packets with one and only one stream_id." (ISO-138181) Nphase 21:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)