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Packetized elementary stream
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<p>Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) is a <a href="/facts/Specification/xEMUsktp">specification</a> in the <a href="/facts/MPEG-2/SpuH5FJu">MPEG-2</a> Part 1 (Systems) (ISO/IEC 13818-1) and ITU-T H.222.0 that defines carrying of <a href="/facts/Elementary_stream/n57V5LzS">elementary streams</a> (usually the output of an audio or video encoder) in packets within <a href="/facts/MPEG_program_stream/RFPjsqD1">MPEG program streams</a> and <a href="/facts/MPEG_transport_stream/2wBLnyeD">MPEG transport streams</a>. The elementary stream is <a href="/facts/Packet_(information_technology)/xCYf8SJu">packetized</a> by encapsulating sequential data bytes from the elementary stream inside PES packet headers. </p><p>A typical method of transmitting elementary stream data from a video or audio encoder is to first create PES packets from the elementary stream data and then to encapsulate these PES packets inside Transport Stream (TS) packets or Program Stream (PS) packets. The TS packets can then be <a href="/facts/Multiplexed/YE7hK8cw">multiplexed</a> and transmitted using broadcasting techniques, such as those used in an <a href="/facts/ATSC_tuner/NUnfQkcF">ATSC</a> and <a href="/facts/Digital_Video_Broadcasting/KPGNTGBJ">DVB</a>. </p><p>Transport Streams and Program Streams are each logically constructed from PES packets. PES packets shall be used to convert between Transport Streams and Program Streams. In some cases the PES packets need not be modified when performing such conversions. PES packets may be much larger than the size of a Transport Stream packet. </p>