OpenCaster is a collection of tools for Linux system to play out and
multiplex MPEG2 transport stream format.
Use-cases:
- MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv and other 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, etc. 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