TS to ICO Converter

How to Convert TS to ICO Online

1. Upload Your TS File: Drag and drop your .ts Transport Stream file or click "+ Add Files" to select one from your computer. Batch uploads are supported, so you can extract icons from multiple captures at once.
2. Pick a Frame Selection mode: Choose Specific Frame and enter a Time (seconds) value to grab a single still (e.g., 2.5 to use the frame at 2.5 s), or pick Multiple Screenshots with a screenshot framerate (1 frame per second, every 5 s, etc.) to harvest several candidates from one TS file.
3. Set Image resolution (icon size): ICO output is locked to standard icon sizes — pick 256P (256×256) for the master favicon entry, 128P, 64P, 48P, 32P, 24P or 16P for smaller embedded faces. 256×256 is the largest size Microsoft recommends for an ICO. Set Quality Preset to Very High (Recommended) unless you need a tinier output.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Your ICO is generated on our servers and ready to drop in as /favicon.ico or a Windows app icon — no sign-up, no watermark.

Why Convert TS to ICO?

A TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) is a 188-byte-packet container designed for broadcast pipelines — DVB, ATSC, IPTV and Blu-ray all use it, and most HDHomeRun / Plex DVR / OBS Studio / FFmpeg captures save as .ts. The ICO format, in contrast, is Microsoft's icon container introduced with Windows 1.0 and extended with 32-bit alpha in Windows XP and 256×256 PNG-compressed entries in Windows Vista. Converting between the two is essentially a two-step pipeline: extract a frame from the video, then encode it as a multi-size icon. Doing it in one upload saves you bouncing through FFmpeg + ImageMagick + an ICO packer.

• Build a favicon from a video logo sting — If your brand intro is a short TS clip from After Effects or OBS, grab the freeze-frame at the logo apex and ship it as /favicon.ico in a single step.
• Capture a Windows app icon from a screen recording — Pull a frame from an OBS .ts screen capture and convert directly to a 256×256 ICO for an .exe resource or an Inno Setup installer.
• DVR thumbnail icons — Plex, NextPVR and HDHomeRun's DVR feature save broadcasts as .ts. Extract a representative frame and produce an ICO icon for a Windows shortcut or KMPlayer playlist.
• Drone / dashcam stills for desktop shortcuts — DJI Fly and some dashcams export .ts segments. Grab a frame from each clip to make per-flight desktop shortcuts on Windows.
• Game replay icons — NVIDIA ShadowPlay (when set to TS) or hardware capture cards record gameplay in .ts; extract the kill-cam frame as an ICO for use in Steam game-shortcut icons.
• Skip the FFmpeg + ImageMagick chain — A common CLI workflow is ffmpeg -ss 00:00:02 -i in.ts -frames:v 1 out.png followed by magick out.png -define icon:auto-resize=256,128,64,48,32,16 favicon.ico. This page collapses that into one upload.

TS vs ICO — Format Comparison

ICO Icon Size Quick Guide

A typical multi-resolution favicon.ico packs 16, 32, 48 and 256. Generate the master at 256P here, then use PNG to ICO or JPG to ICO for additional sizes if your authoring tool only exports one face at a time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does TS to ICO need a frame number — can't it convert the whole video?

ICO is a still-image container, not animated. (Microsoft's animated cursor format is .ani, not .ico.) So we have to pick one frame from your TS. Use Specific Frame + a Time (seconds) value if you know exactly where the still is, or Multiple Screenshots to harvest several candidates (e.g., one frame per second) and keep the best one.

What's the largest icon size I can output?

256 × 256 pixels (the 256P preset). That's the largest size Microsoft recommends for ICO entries. While the ICO header technically allows larger dimensions since Vista, Windows Explorer and most browsers don't render anything above 256×256 from an ICO, so going bigger just wastes bytes. If you need a larger image, convert TS to PNG instead.

Can one ICO file hold multiple icon sizes?

Yes — that's actually what .ico is designed for. A favicon.ico typically packs 16, 32, 48 and 256 px versions, and Windows / browsers pick the best face for the display context. This converter outputs one size per run; for a true multi-size ICO, generate each size and combine them with an ICO-merging tool, or start from a single 256 px master and let downstream tools resize.

My source TS is 1080p — will the icon look pixelated?

The opposite. Downsampling 1920 × 1080 to 256 × 256 keeps a lot of detail per pixel. The pixelation risk runs the other way: tiny source frames (240p captures, for example) upscaled to 256 × 256 will look blocky. Start from the highest-resolution TS source you have.

How do I install the ICO as my site's favicon?

Drop the file at your site root as /favicon.ico — browsers will auto-request it without any <link> tag. For belt-and-braces support across modern browsers, also add <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico"> to the <head>. MDN documents this default behavior as still valid in 2025/2026.

Will Chrome and Firefox display an ICO favicon?

Yes. Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari all render ICO favicons natively — that's why the format hasn't been displaced despite SVG and PNG alternatives existing. The legacy MIME type is image/x-icon; the IANA-registered type is image/vnd.microsoft.icon. Both work in browsers today.

My TS file plays in VLC but won't preview in the browser — why?

Chrome, Firefox and Edge don't ship an MPEG-2 Transport Stream demuxer in HTML5 <video>. VLC, MPC-HC, mpv and FFmpeg do. Conversion still works because we demux server-side. If you want a previewable web file alongside the icon, also convert TS to MP4.

Can I do the reverse — extract a PNG from an ICO?

Yes, use ICO to PNG. That's useful if you have a legacy favicon.ico and want the individual size faces as PNGs for a modern <link rel="icon" sizes="..."> setup or for use in app stores that require PNG submissions.