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`video/mp2t`

MPEG Transport Stream

Reference for video/mp2t, the MPEG-2 Transport Stream format used in broadcast, IPTV, and HLS streaming.

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Expected extensions: .ts, .m2ts, .mts

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: video/mp2t

Associated File Extensions

.ts.m2ts.mts

Quick Facts

MIME Type	video/mp2t
Category	Video
Type	Binary
Extensions	.ts, .m2ts, .mts

Common Usage

MPEG-TS is a container format designed for broadcast and streaming where error resilience matters. It is the foundation of digital television, IPTV, Blu-ray discs (.m2ts), and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).

Each .ts segment in HLS is an MPEG Transport Stream.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.ts" type="video/mp2t">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="video/mp2t" src="file.ts"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('video/mp2t');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'video/mp2t' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    video/mp2t  ts m2ts mts;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type video/mp2t;
}