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packet identifiers [MPEG-2 Semantics]

Packet identifiers (or pids) are 13-bit integers ranging from 0 to 8191 that are used to associate and distinguish the various packets in a transport stream. It is useful to think of pids as individual "wires" in the "bundle" of the transport stream.

packet id assignments

pidauthoritydescription
0
0x0		MPEGProgram Association Table
1
0x1		MPEGConditional Access tables
2
0x2		MPEGTransport Stream Description tables
3-15
0x3-0xF		MPEGUnused (MPEG reseved)
16
0x10		DVBNetwork Information Table, Stuffing table
17
0x11		DVBService Description Table, Bouquet Association table
18
0x12		DVBEvent Information table, stuffing table
19
0x13		DVBRunning status table, stuffing table
20
0x14		DVBTime and date table, time offset table
21
0x15		DVBNetwork synchronization table
22-37
0x16-1B		ARIBReserved for future DVB use
38
0x1C		DVBInband signaling
29
0x1D		DVBMeasurement
30
0x1E		DVBDiscontinuity information table
31
0x1F		DVBSelection information table
32-47
0x20-1F		ARIBAssigned or reserved
48-8182
0x30-1FF6		end userAs assigned in PMT, PMT-E, MGT or MGT-E
8183
0x1FF7		ATSCATSC A/65D PAT-E
8184
0x1FF8		ATSCATSC A/65D STT-PID-E
8185
0x1FF9		ATSCATSC A/65D base_pid_e
8186
0x1FFA		ATSCATSC Operational and management packets T3/S9-131
8187
0x1FFB		ATSCATSC A/65 base_pid
8189
0x1FFD		ATSCATSC Reserved (formerly A/55)
8190
0x1FFE		SCTEDOCSIS
8191
0x1FFF		MPEGNull packets
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