Padding File Length in MPEG Streams

[Tod Hopkins]

Can any compressor produce synchronous, multiplexed MPEG files (program or transport) with identical file lengths, that is “padded” to be exactly the same length to the bit? I believe this can be done with Pixel Tools but I don’t know how and don’t have access. Can other compressors produce such padded files directly? Are there any tools that might help me add pad to an existing file?

I currently use TMPEGenc, which has always done a great job for me, but as far as I can tell, it can’t do this. Three files of identical length with identical CBR settings don’t come out the same length to the bit.

Cheers,
tod

Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
Washington, DC