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Transport Stream Description Tables [MPEG Syntax]

A transport stream description table is a purely optional MPEG-2 Program Specific Information (PSI) table section that permits the carriage of one or more descriptors whose scope includes the entire transport stream. When used, transport stream descriptor tables shall be carried in packets with the packet id = 2 / 0x0002.

ATSC characteristics
No ATSC packetization characteristics have been specified for this table section.

The Transport Stream Description table is comprised of one of more sections, each pertaining to a single program service.

section syntax
syntaxbit index# of bitsmnemonic
table_id083 / 0x03
section_syntax_indicator81bslbf
'0'91bslbf
reserved102bslbf
section_length1212uimsbf
reserved2418bslbf
version_number425uimsbf
current_next_indicator471bslbf
section_number488bslbf
last_section_number568bslbf
descriptor()64varA 
CRC_3264 + varA32rpchof
Table section legend
Note: bit index is only indicated for the first time through the loop.

EtherGuide Prophecy can manage the generation of transport stream description tables, and EtherGuide Emissary injects transport stream description tables, other MPEG-2 PSI table sections, and ATSC PSIP table sections.

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