Method and a computer program product for modifying or generating a multiple program transport stream

1. A method for modifying a multiple program transport stream using a computer, the method comprising:

receiving a multiple program transport stream that comprises multiple program clock references;

inserting a decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in a transport stream packet of an access unit of a program so that the multiple program transport stream comprises the multiple program clock references and the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference; wherein the decoding time stamp equivalent program clock reference is a program clock reference that has a value that is either equal to a value of a decoding time stamp of the access unit or slightly smaller than the value of the decoding time stamp of the access unit; wherein the transport stream packet is positioned so that the inserted decoding time stamp equivalent value program clock reference is equal to a decoding time stamp of an elementary stream of the program; and

altering program clock references of another program of the multiple program transport stream in response to a change in a size of the multiple program transport stream resulting from the inserting.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising inserting the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in a new transport stream packet that comprises an empty payload.

3. The method according to claim 1 comprising inserting the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in a new transport stream packet that is associated with a new packet identifier value.

4. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining whether to insert the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in response to an estimation that an overflow or an underflow are expected to occur if the program clock reference is not inserted.

5. A method for generating a multiple program transport stream using a computer, the method comprising:

receiving multiple elementary streams that comprises multiple decoding time stamps;

generating a multiple program transport stream that comprises multiple program clock references that are spaced apart from each other at predefined time intervals and a plurality of decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference that have values that equal a plurality of decoding time stamps; and

determining whether to generate a decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in response to an estimation that an overflow or an underflow are expected to occur if the program clock reference is not generated.

6. A method for extracting a single program transport stream using a computer, the method comprising:

receiving a multiple program transport stream;

extracting, by performing program identifier filtering, a single program transport stream from the multiple program transport stream;

wherein the single program transport stream comprises multiple program clock references that are spaced apart from each other at predefined time intervals and multiple decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference; and

altering program clock references of another program of the multiple program transport stream in response to a change in a size of the multiple program transport stream resulting from the inserting.

7. The method according to claim 6 comprising processing decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference that are embedded in empty payload transport stream packets.

8. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: generate a decoding time stamp equivalent value program clock reference to be embedded in a transport stream packet of a program; wherein the transport stream packet is positioned so that the inserted decoding time stamp equivalent value program clock reference is substantially equal to a decoding time stamp of an elementary stream of the program; and include the decoding time stamp equivalent value program clock reference in a multiple program transport stream that also comprises multiple program clock references that are spaced apart from each other at predefined time intervals; and wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to alter program clock references of another program of the multiple program transport stream in response to a change in a size of the multiple program transport stream resulting from the inserting of the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference.

9. The computer program product according to claim 8 , wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to receive a multiple program transport stream; and to insert the decoding time stamp equivalent value program clock reference in a new transport stream packet of a program.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to insert the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in a new transport stream packet that is associated with a new packet identifier value.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to determine whether to insert the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in response to an estimation that an overflow or an underflow are expected to occur if the program clock reference is not inserted.

12. The computer program product according to claim 8 , wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to generate the multiple program transport stream to include the decoding time stamp equivalent value program clock reference.

13. The computer program product according to claim 12 , wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to determine whether to generate a decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference in response to an estimation that an overflow or an underflow are expected to occur if the program clock reference is not generated.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: receive a multiple program transport stream; and extract, by performing program identifier filtering, a single program transport stream from the multiple program transport stream; wherein the single program transport stream comprises multiple program clock references that are spaced apart from each other at predefined time intervals and multiple decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference; and wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to alter program clock references of another program of the multiple program transport stream in response to a change in a size of the multiple program transport stream resulting from the inserting of the decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference.

15. The computer program product according to claim 14 , wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to process decoding time stamp equivalent valued program clock reference that are embedded in empty payload transport stream packets.