[streaming] Re: DVB-s to multicast streamin

[Vlad Niman]

Thanks for so quick respond!

 

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.

If transponder mean satellite then I see that for instance Telstar 5 at 97.0°W have 80 free channels

http://www.lyngsat.com/t5.shtml or I wrong. Can one DVB card recieve 80 channels?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin PRACHT" <bigben at via.ecp.fr>
To: <streaming at videolan.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:48 AM
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
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> -- 
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> 
> << Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ? >>
> Oui, pourquoi ?
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