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

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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: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/96107/can-the-ffmpeg-av-libs-return-an-accurate-pts

Douglas
Cool, thanks. I found this but wasn't sure if it was correct in this context.
jtrim
Ya it's definitely the right one. I just had a meeting the other day and had to talk about it a bit.Good times. :)
Douglas
+1. Same answer (deleted) Btw, "PTS Video Encoding" works in Google like a charm.
Atømix