What is PTS in reference to video encoding?

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jtrim picture jtrim · May 5, 2010 · Viewed 13.7k times · Source

Could someone briefly explain what the acronym PTS means in reference to video encoding?

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Douglas picture Douglas · May 5, 2010

Presentation Time Stamp. I couldn't say it any better than the wiki page, found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation_time_stamp

You may also find this relative link here on SO useful: Can the ffmpeg av libs return an accurate PTS?

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