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		pilif on March 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deno v1.8 – support for WebGPU, private modules, I... beautiful - .ts is used on DVDs as a container for video data which predates .ts as an extension for typescript files by about 20 years.

divingdragon on March 3, 2021 | [–]

Small correction: TS (MPEG transport stream) is mainly used for transmissions or broadcasts (e.g. DVB). The container format used for DVDs is PS (MPEG program stream), which is often stored as .mpeg files, and isn't quite the same as TS.

sroussey on March 3, 2021 | [–]

MacOS points this out in the finder for all my typescript files...

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