I was talking about MPEG-2 transport streams not just the container.  
I've muxed AVC streams using the MPEG TS container for Blu-Ray 
playback.  What I was saying is that MPEG-2 is not as compressed as H.264.

- Brian

bernardv wrote:
> On Jul 27, 8:38 am, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> Except that MPEG-2TSstreams aren't as compressed and the files
>> larger.  They would eat up more of the user's bandwidth than MP4.
>>     
>
> Wrong!!!  MPEG Transport Streams are just a container.  All commercial
> streaming servers support both H.264 and MPEG-2 encapsulated in
> MPEG Transport Streams.
>
> Nothing prevents you to stream H.264 within a TS to an Android player
> (assuming there is one that supports them).  In fact, TS are more
> lightweight than some other containers.  The fact that TS are defined
> in the MPEG-2 Part 1 spec does not mean they relate to the
> compression, they are just a container used in subsequent formats.
>
> Now, does anyone knows what player supports TS on Android?
>
> Bernard
>
> PS: sorry if this is the wrong group for this post
>
>   
>> MPEG-2 requires less horsepower to decode but the phones may have
>> chipsets to decode MP4 efficiently.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pepito Grillo wrote:
>>     
>>> It is not supported.
>>>       
>>> I hope they add it in the future, because currently streaming
>>> capabilities of android are not very good. MPEG2-TSis just more
>>> adecuate than MP4 for streaming.
>>>       
>>> On 23 jul, 02:02, Android Techies <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Is there an Android App or any kind of support for MPEG2TS and\or HTTP
>>>> Live Streaming as per the IETF draft below ?
>>>>         
>>>> http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-00.txt- Hide 
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