ts2mpa

If you're looking for a straightforward way to extract MPEG Audio from a MPEG-2 Transport Stream, look no further than ts2mpa. This easy-to-use tool comes with several helpful options, making it even more versatile:

- Use the -h option to display a help message
- Use -q to disable messages, allowing you to work more efficiently
- With -p, you can choose a specific transport stream PID
- And with -s, you can choose a specific PES stream ID

To give you an idea of how ts2mpa can be used, here are a couple of examples based on DVB-T in London, tuned to BBC Radio coming from the Crystal Palace transmitter:

- To record BBC Radio 4 to disk, use dvbstream -o -f 529833330 439 | ts2mpa - recording.mp2
- To play BBC Radio 1 through your soundcard, use dvbstream -o -f 529833330 436 | ts2mpa -q - - | mpg123 -

This latest release of ts2mpa comes with a few new features and fixes, including:

- Added -q option to disable messages
- Added -s option to choose a stream id
- Added -p option to choose a PID
- Fix for Linux, by adding #include
- Added support for STDIN and STDOUT

Overall, ts2mpa is a reliable tool that does exactly what it promises, with a few extra options that users will appreciate. If you need to extract MPEG Audio from MPEG-2 Transport Stream, give ts2mpa a try.