six2scte35

six2scte35 requires threefive version >= 2.3.65

ffmpeg changes SCTE-35 stream type from 0x86 to 0x6

six2scte35 changes it back.

before

a@debian:~/bfm/mo$ ffprobe -hide_banner tested2.ts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'tested2.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:38.92, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 8453 kb/s
 
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Data: bin_data ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)         <-- Boo, hiss.
  
  Stream #0:1[0x101]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), 
  yuv420p(tv, bt470bg, top first), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 8000 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:2[0x102]: Audio: mp1 ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 256 kb/s

six2scte35

a@debian:~/bfm/mo$ six2scte35 -i tested2.ts -p 256 -o tested3.ts

after

a@debian:~/bfm/mo$ ffprobe -hide_banner tested3.ts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'tested3.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:38.92, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 8453 kb/s
 
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Data: scte_35               <--      Boom << Boom.
  
  Stream #0:1[0x101]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), 
  yuv420p(tv, bt470bg, top first), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 8000 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:2[0x102]: Audio: mp1 ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 256 kb/s

Install

pypy3 -mpip install six2scte35

# and / or 
python3 -mpip install six2scte35

pip installs the executable script six2scte35 as well as the module six2scte35

---

Usage:

a@debian:~/bfm$ six2scte35 -h
usage: six2scte35 [-h] [-i INPUT] [-o OUTPUT] [-p CONVERT_PID] [-v]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  
  -i INPUT, --input INPUT
                        Input source, like "/home/a/vid.ts" or
                        "udp://@235.35.3.5:3535" or "https://futzu.com/xaa.ts"
                        default is sys.stdin.buffer
                        
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Output file, default is sys.stdout.buffer
                        
  -p CONVERT_PID, --convert_pid CONVERT_PID
                        Pid to change to type 0x86 (SCTE-35)
                        
  -v, --version         Show version

Version 0.0.3 adds pipe support

a@debian:~$  six2scte35 -v
0.0.3
a@debian:~$ 

• Here's the input

a@debian:~$ ffprobe pv.ts -hide_banner
[mpegts @ 0x55ddbc4045c0] start time for stream 5 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'pv.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:20.33, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 17696 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1[0x101]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:2[0x102]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:3[0x103]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:4[0x104]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:5[0x105]: Data: bin_data ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
Unsupported codec with id 98314 for input stream 5
a@debian:~$ 

• then I ran this command

a@debian:~$ cat pv.ts | six2scte35 -p 0x105 | ffplay -hide_banner  -

• output

261
pid match
Input #0, mpegts, from 'pipe:':    0KB vq=    0KB sq=    0B f=0/0   
  Duration: N/A, start: 1.400000, bitrate: N/A
  Program 1 
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1[0x101]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:2[0x102]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:3[0x103]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:4[0x104]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:5[0x105]: Data: scte_35
  17.30 A-V: -0.019 fd=   0 aq=   32KB vq= 2498KB sq=    0B f=0/0   

• to write to a file

a@debian:~$ cat pv.ts | six2scte352 -p 0x105 -o kout.ts
261
pid match

ffprobe -hide_banner kout.ts
Input #0, mpegts, from 'kout.ts':
  Duration: 00:00:20.24, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 17650 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1[0x101]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:2[0x102]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:3[0x103]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:4[0x104]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0:5[0x105]: Data: scte_35
Unsupported codec with id 98305 for input stream 5

• so you can do something like

 ffmpeg -i  mpegts/pcrvid.ts -map 0 -c copy -f mpegts - | six2scte35 -p 0x105 | ffplay  -