How to Get VLC to Play TS Files

This article explains how to play .TS files in VLC Media Player. 



TS files are wide spread on the Internet as (usually split) recordings from HDTV broadcasts. As an MPEG format, there are a variety of players and methods to play back TS files. VLC is one of the media player for playing TS files. Whereas, when watching TS files in VLC, users would experience choppy playback. In this article, we aim to share some tips to solve the issue. 

To disable the choppy playback in VLC, navigate to Settings --> Preferences in VLC. The Audio settings should be selected by default, however, you will have to select Advanced Settings in the lower right hand corner in order to see all the settings. Once you have done that, you will see that "High Quality Audio Resampling" is selected by default. This has been known to cause issues with playback particularly in older hardware, and at least with disabling it, it should take less processing power. 

Important Note: There are other reasons why playback could be problematic however, and this may not fix your problem at all. 

Then, I’d like to introduce an ultimate solution- convert TS file to VLC most compatible format. Brorsoft Video Converter is the utility for you. With it, you can fast convert TS to AVI that can be easily played in VLC. If you are Mac users, please turn to the equivalent Mac version named Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac to transcode .ts files to VLC on Mac OS X (Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite included). 

Converting TS to VLC player friendly video for smooth playback 

Step 1: Add TS files 

Install and launch this best TS file converter; click the Add button to import the .TS files to the converter. 

 

Step 2: Choose output format 

Click Format bar to choose output format and you can choose MP4, AVI, MKV or other common formats. Here we choose "HD Video -> AVI HD Video (*.avi)" as example, which is supported by nearly all player and portable devices. 

 

Tip: You can adjust the parameters by clicking "settings" button, choose the resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you want. 

Step 3: Click Convert button to start encoding TS files to VLC media player. 

After the conversion, tap the Open icon in the main interface and you can locate the converted files there. Just add the files to your VLC, and you can play the converted TS video on VLC beautifully.