program stream
Abbreviated as PS or MPEG-PS, program stream is a container format for storage applications specified in MPEG-1 Systems and MPEG-2 Part 1. A program stream contains only one content channel and is suited to authoring and storage not broadcasting. Contrast with transport stream, which is designed to address the delivery of the content.
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