mpeg-2 transport stream

[Ran Shalit]

>Hi,
>I wanted to ask a question about mpeg-2 transport stream:
>How does the reciever knows the encoder type so that it can decode the
>message ? Is it the PID number or somethig else ?
>Thank you,
>Ran

>Hi,
> That information is based on the information contained in the PMT for
>the selected program.
>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_transport_stream


The PMT does not contain specific field for encoder type, as far as I
understand from the description here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program-specific_information
Maybe it is "stream type" inside PMT
http://www.etherguidesystems.com/Help/SDOs/MPEG/semantics/mpeg-2/stream_type.aspx
But It is not seem the same as encoding type.

Ran