NAME

       dvbstream - Transmit a DVB transport stream via RTP

SYNOPSIS

       dvbstream  [ -f freq] [ -p vh] [ -s symbolrate] [ -c cardnum] [ -o ] [ -ps ] [ -i ipaddr ] [ -r port] [-a
       apid] [ -v vpid] p -t ttpid] [-n secs ] [ pid1 ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       dvbstream takes a TS (transport stream) from A DVB (Digital Video Broadcast, either DVB-S  for  satellite
       cards,  DVB-C  for  cable, or DVB-T for terrestrial) and broadcasts (a subset of) it over a LAN using the
       RTP protocol.

       Some options are not available on Budget DVB cards.

OPTIONS

       -f     The Frequency to tune into, in MHz.

       -p,  v|h
              The polarisation; either h (horizontal) or v (vertical).

       -s symbolrate
              The symbol rate of the DVB stream, typically 27500.

       -c cardnum
              Select which DVB card to use. The cardnum must be between 0 and 3.

       -a apid
              Select which audio PID to output on the TV-OUT of the DVB card (Full cards only).

       -v vpid
              Select which video PID to output on the TV-OUT of the DVB card (Full cards only).

       -t ttpid
              Select which Teletext PID to output on the TV-OUT of the DVB card  (Full  cards  only).   -n  secs
              Timeout and shut down after secs seconds.

       -ps    Output a PS rather than a (default) PES stream.

       -o     Output to stdout rather than broadcast.

       -i ipaddr
              IP Multicast port to output to (default is 224.0.1.2)

       -r port
              IP multicast port to outpu to (default is 5004).

SERVER USAGE

       If you wanted to broadcast TVC International from Astra 19E, you would type the following command:

       dvbstream -f 12441 -p v -s 27500 512 660

       You  can  specify  up  to  8  PIDs on the command-line to include in the multicasted transport stream.  A
       10MBit/s network should be able to handle one video and one audio stream, or eight audio streams.

       If you also want to view the TV channel on the TV-OUT of your DVB-S card (or  using  xawtv  or  similar),
       then you can use the "-v" and "-a" flags before the video and audio PIDs respectively:

       dvbstream -f 12441 -p v -s 27500 -v 512 -a 660

       dvbstream also has the ability to map PIDS to different values before you stream it.  For example, if you
       type

       dvbstream -f 12441 -p v -s 27500 -v 512:1 -a 660:2

       then the video stream will become "PID 1" and the audio stream will become "PID 2".

       Also, with driver versions from October 2001 onwards, you can broadcast the entire transport  stream  (if
       you are using a budget card) with the command:

       dvbstream 8192

       8192  is  a  "dummy  PID" (legal PIDS are in the range 0-8191) and the driver interprets this to mean the
       entire TS.  Obviously, it would make no sense to use the map feature on this "pid".

CLIENT USAGE

       To receive the stream on any other machine on your LAN,  use  the  dumprtp  utility  (from  ts-rtp).   An
       slightly improved version is included in this archive. e.g.

       dumprtp > received.ts

       If you have a DVB card on the second machine, you can use the rtpfeed command to decode the stream.  Type
       "rtpfeed -h" for usage information.  rtpfeed was written by Guenter Wildmann <a8909020@unet.univie.ac.at>
       - please address any bugs or comments to Guenter.

       If  you  don't  have a DVB card on the client machine, You can use mpg123 and the mpegtools provided with
       the DVB driver for live audio decoding:

       dumprtp | ts2es apid | mpg123 -

       This command line is included with dvbstream as the "rtpradio.sh" script.

       If you only want audio, you can run dvbstream with eight audio PIDs, and then  your  clients  can  choose
       which PID to play.

       For live TV channel playing, the best solution I have found is mplayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu).  Please
       install the latest CVS version - mplayer is being rapidly improved.

       You can then view TV being streamed over the network using the following command:

       dumprtp | ts2ps vpid apid | mplayer -cache 2048 -

       This command line is included with dvbstream as the "rtptv.sh" script.

MPLAYER RTP-PS SUPPORT

       The file "mplayer-libmpdemux-network.c.patch" contains a patch for the current (31 Jan 2001) CVS  version
       of  mplayer  to  "enable"  the  experimental RTP support.  To apply it, check out a fresh copy of mplayer
       using and change into the "main/libmpdemux" directory.

       Then apply the command:

       patch < /path_to/dvbstream-0.4pre2/mplayer-libmpdemux-network.c.patch

       You can then build mplayer as normal.  To receive a RTP stream broadcast with dvbstream's  "-ps"  option,
       you just need to type the following command on the client machine:

       mplayer rtp://224.0.1.2:5004/ -cache 2048

TELNET INTERFACE

       From  v0.4  onwards,  DVBstream incorporates a "telnet" interface to allow you to remotely start and stop
       the streaming, and tune the card to a different channel.

       The following commands are supported:

       TUNE freq pol srate STOP ADDV pid[:map] ADDA pid[:map] ADDT pid[:map] ADD pid[:map] QUIT

       STOP closes down all PIDs and stops the streaming.  The other commands should be  self-explanatory.   See
       the scripts in the TELNET directory for example usage.  x

HISTORY

       dvbstream fixes a number of bugs that were present in the original ts-rtp application.

SEE ALSO

       rtpfeed(1), dumprtp(1), and ts2es(1)

AUTHORS

       dvbstream  was  written by  Dave Chapman <dave@dchapman.com> 2001, 2002.  and is made available under the
       GNU General Public License.

       This man page was written by Alastair McKinstry, <mckinstry@computer.org>.