[streaming] Re: DVB-s to multicast streamin

Vlad Niman v_niman at rogers.com
Thu Jun 26 16:22:27 CEST 2003


Thanks for so quick respond!



Not yet. I have to know witch card and how to nonfigure it.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Stotz" <stotz at logo.de>
To: <streaming at videolan.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:50 AM
Subject: [streaming] Re: DVB-s to multicast streamin


Short question:

Have you got vls running in combination with a DVB-s card ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin PRACHT [mailto:bigben at via.ecp.fr]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2003 15:49
> To: streaming at videolan.org
> Subject: [streaming] Re: DVB-s to multicast streamin
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003, Vlad Niman wrote :
> >
> >   1.. If VLS for Windows can do it?
>
> I'm afraid not. Only vls for linux has support for DVB
>
> >   2.. I live in Toronto and I didn't find video cards of
> Siemens or Hauppauge. Here sell ATI (Wonder Radeon 7500). Can
> I use this video card?
>
> As far as  I know, the AIW  Radeon doesn't support DVB, or,
> if it does,
> I'm afraid it has no linux driver.  The only supported DVB
> cards are the
> one supported by the linuxtv project.
>
> >   3.. How could I config VLS for multicast steaming of 50
> TV channels at simultaneously? Is it possible?
>
> Well, this  is possible, but  you'll need  several dvb cards.
>  Indeed, a
> single dvb  card can only recieve  the chanels on a  same
> transponder at
> once. That usually means something like 5-6 channels per card.
>
> >   4.. How could I config that network multicast stream
> would 2 mbps? Could I config it on video card (if yes How?)
> or on VLS (How?)?
> > If some body already implemented it?
>
> DVB streams  are usually 3-4 Mbit/s.  If you want to
> decrease this, the
> onlys solution is transcoding  (usually MPEG4 transcoding).
> Videolan can
> do this. However, this is *very* power consuming. You'll need
> one recent
> computer (something over P4 1,6 GHz) per channel.
>
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> > Vladimir
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --
> $(echo "BigBen")
>
> << Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ? >>
> Oui, pourquoi ?
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