TS to EPS Converter

How to Convert TS to EPS Online

1. Upload Your TS File: Drag and drop or click "+ Add Files" to select one or more .ts transport stream files. Batch upload is supported, and files process on our servers — no sign-up required.
2. Pick the Frame to Capture: Under Advanced Options, choose Frame Selection → Specific Frame and set Time (seconds) to the moment you want from the video (default 0 grabs the first frame). For a sheet of thumbnails, switch to Multiple Screenshots and pick a framerate like "1 frame per second" to dump a frame at every second of footage.
3. Set DPI and Resolution (Optional): Default is 300 DPI (print-ready) and "Keep original" resolution. Drop DPI to 72 or 96 for screen-only EPS preview, or bump to 600 / 1200 DPI for archival print. Use Resolution Percentage to scale the source frame down by a percent if your TS is 4K and you don't need that much pixel data inside the EPS wrapper.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. The extracted frame is wrapped as a raster image inside an Encapsulated PostScript container and you download .eps files one by one or as a ZIP.

Why Convert TS to EPS?

TS (MPEG Transport Stream, ISO/IEC 13818-1) is the container that broadcast DVB / ATSC, HLS streaming, and many camcorders write video into — typically H.264, H.265 or MPEG-2 video in fixed 188-byte packets. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript, developed by Adobe in 1992) is the print industry's interchange format: a self-contained PostScript document with a bounding box and optional preview, designed to drop a single graphic into a page-layout program like Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress. Converting TS → EPS is really a frame grab + print-format wrap: you pull one moment (or several) out of the video stream and hand the result to a designer in a format their layout pipeline understands.

• Editorial print layouts — Magazines and newspapers occasionally need a still from broadcast footage to illustrate a story. InDesign and QuarkXPress both accept placed EPS, so handing the picture editor a 300 DPI EPS frame is friendlier than a raw JPG.
• Vinyl, screen-print, and large-format mockups — Print shops that still standardise on PostScript workflows can ingest the EPS directly into RIP software without an intermediate conversion.
• Storyboarding from rushes — A documentary editor can dump a TS rush to a sheet of frames (Multiple Screenshots) and hand each one to the storyboard artist as an EPS for tracing in Adobe Illustrator.
• Patent and legal exhibits — EPS is a fixed, non-reflowable format, which is useful when an exhibit needs to look identical regardless of viewer. Drop the frame into the brief at exact dimensions.
• Archive-grade thumbnails for video catalogues — A 600–1200 DPI EPS frame stored alongside the TS file gives a print-quality reference still that any DTP application from the last 30 years can open.
• Apparel and merchandise printing — Promoters who film an event in HDV (which uses M2TS / TS) sometimes need a single hero frame placed in a screen-print template; EPS is still the lingua franca of garment-print shops.

TS vs EPS — Format Comparison

DPI and Frame-Capture Quick Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the resulting EPS a true vector, or a raster image wrapped in PostScript?

It's a raster image wrapped in an EPS container. Video frames are inherently pixel data, so there is nothing to vectorise without a separate auto-tracing step. The EPS you get back has the frame embedded as a PostScript-encoded bitmap with the DPI you chose — perfect for placement in InDesign or QuarkXPress, but if you need true editable vector paths you'll need to open the result in Vector Magic or run Image Trace in Adobe Illustrator afterwards.

Why does converting a video to a graphic only give me one frame?

A TS file is typically 24–60 frames per second of video; an EPS file is "encapsulated" — by definition a single-page graphic. The converter has to pick a moment. Default is the very first frame (0s); use Frame Selection → Specific Frame → Time (seconds) to grab the exact moment you want, or Multiple Screenshots to dump many frames at once (each one becomes its own .eps).

Will the converted EPS open in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint?

Not by default in modern Office. Microsoft removed EPS image support from Office in May 2018 over security concerns (EPS files can contain PostScript scripts). If your recipient is on Office, send them a high-DPI JPG or PNG using TS to JPG or TS to PNG instead. EPS still opens in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, GIMP and Inkscape.

What DPI should I pick if my TS file is 1080p?

For most placements, 300 DPI is the right answer regardless of source resolution — that's the print-industry standard for magazine and brochure work. 1080p (1920×1080) at 300 DPI gives you a placed image roughly 6.4 × 3.6 inches; if you need it larger on the page without softness, capture from a 4K TS source instead, or accept the upscaling that PostScript will perform.

Can I convert just a clip from the TS instead of pulling stills?

Not on this page — this tool extracts frames. If you want to trim the video itself and keep it as video, use TS to MP4 which gives you cut and trim controls. To pull many sequential stills covering a clip, use Multiple Screenshots here and set the framerate higher (e.g., 5 frames per second) so you get a dense sequence you can flip through.

Why would anyone still use EPS in 2026 instead of PDF or SVG?

Three reasons keep EPS alive: (1) legacy DTP files placed thousands of EPS images over decades and those documents still need to round-trip, (2) print RIPs in garment, signage and packaging shops were tuned around PostScript and accept EPS natively, and (3) some clients' brand kits still mandate EPS as the deliverable for logos and stills. For new web or app work, SVG (vector) or PDF is almost always the better choice — see EPS to PDF when you need to upgrade.

My TS is from an HDV camcorder and ffprobe reports M2TS — will it still work?

Yes. M2TS is the variant with 192-byte packets (188 + 4-byte timecode) used in HDV cameras and Blu-ray Disc; the underlying video codec is the same H.264 or MPEG-2 the converter already handles, so it decodes a frame the same way as a vanilla .ts. If your file is named .m2ts you may want to rename it .ts or upload as-is — the parser autodetects the container.

Does the output preserve transparency from my TS file?

Standard TS streams don't carry an alpha channel (broadcast video is opaque), so transparency isn't a concern here. The EPS will have a solid background matching the source frame. If you need transparency, capture a frame, open it in Photoshop or GIMP, mask out the background, then export as EPS from there.

How big is a typical EPS coming out of this?

Expect roughly 1.5–4× the size of an equivalent JPG of the same frame at the same DPI, because EPS wraps the raster in PostScript with ASCII or hex encoding overhead. A 1080p frame at 300 DPI is commonly 6–15 MB. If file size matters more than print fidelity, drop DPI to 150 or reduce Resolution Percentage to scale the embedded bitmap down before wrapping.