MPEG-2 Transport Streams and MOQ: Yes, MPEG-TS Is Still Relevant Today

Graduated from college and day one in my first real job, I was handed a hardcopy of the MPEG-2 transport stream spec and told to read it and come back with questions.

That's how you onboard.

The real argument about Transport Stream isn't its age but unnecessary overhead. If backwards compatibility is more important than overhead, fine. But acknowledge that there is a tradeoff.

Related: "MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packaging for Media over QUIC Transport (ietf.org)" 07.may.2026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049963 23 comments