opencaster

OpenCaster is a collection of tools for Linux system to play out and multiplex MPEG2 transport stream format. Use-cases: - MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv and others interactive tv standards object carousel broadcast - Playout of locally stored, offline encoded audio and video for non-live tv and radio stations - Multiplexing of input multicasted UDP transport stream to output multicasted UDP transport stream - VOD system based on mpeg2 transport stream over IP or over DVB for walled garden network like hotels with coax or ethernet. - DVB-SSU update - Data casting - IP encapsualtor - PSI/SI generator - EPG generator OpenCaster output has been successfully integrated with a long list of dvb products, among them there are products by Cisco/Scientific Atlanta, Ericsson/Tandberg, Dektec, Eurotek, Harmonic/Scopus, MainConcept, Mitan, Screen Service, Adtec, Wellav, Sr-Systems, Deltacast, ... Integration is tested and available on the Avalpa Broadcast Server OpenCaster has been tested with Rohde & Schwarz DVM100L, Rohde & Schwarz DVM 400, Dektec StreamXpert and a countless number of set top boxes, digital receivers and flat panels - PSI generation (PAT, PMT, NIT, SDT, TDT, AIT, TOT, ...) - EPG/EIT generation - Object and data carousel generation and receivement (MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv, DVB-SSU, DSMCC, ...) - third party software AC-3, MPEG2 audio, MPEG2 video and H264 video encoders support - Audio Description generation support - IP encapsulation (MPE) - CBR transport stream muxing - PCR stamping - Null packet replacement - PID filtering - PID remapping - Null packet insertion - Video buffer verifier - PCR timing verifier - PES headers analyzer - MPEG2 video and MPEG2/AC-3 audio ES header analyzer - M2TS file generation from TS file