[linux-dvb] ANNOUNCE: dvbstream 0.1 - RTP multicast DVB transport streams

[Dave Chapman <dave@dchapman.com>]

Hello,

With the recent threads about software decoding and networking of VDR, I 
decided to revisit and release my "DVBstream" application.

This is based on the "ts-rtp" package from www.linuxtv.org.  It includes a 
couple of bug fixes to that package and the ability to stream live from a DVB 
card.  The license is the GNU GPL.

After tuning to a transponder, you run dvbstream as follows:

dvbstream pid1 pid2 ... pid8

On the client, use the included dumprtp utility to receive selected PIDs from 
the multicast:

dumprtp pid1 pid2 > received.ts

It would be straightforward to write a client based on dumprtp that sends 
this transport stream back to a DVB card on the client for hardware playback. 
I haven't had any success reliably playing back a TV stream in software (i.e. 
without any A/V corruption).  This may be due to my use of a 10Mbit/s LAN.  

However, using the mpegtools with the driver, I have performed problem-free 
audio-only decoding by doing:

dvbstream vpid apid
dumprtp | ts2pes vpid apid | pes2aud_es | mpg123 -

[Marcus - any chance of adding a "ts2aud_es apid" utility to mpegtools?]

All feedback welcome,


Dave.


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