mumudvb

mumudvb is a modified version of the dvbstream released by cr@ns. Its intended use is to distribute a stream from a DVB device onto a network, in multicast. It's main feature is to take a whole transponder and put each channel on different multicast IP.

Features

• Can show reception level when streaming
• To make a list of channels in real time (can be used to make SAP announces)
• Can deamonize and write his own pid in a file
• The program can kill himself if he receives no data from the card
• The program stops trying tuning after a configurable timeout
• The main fonctionality : stream channels from a transponder on different multicast IPs
• Can stream the same pid on different channels (multicast Ip)
• Functionnal support of DVB-T
• Always send mandatory pids
  • Mandatory pids are :
    • PAT (0): Program Association Table
    • NIT (16) : Network Information Table : It is intended to provide information about the physical network.
    • SDT (17) : Service Description Table : the SDT contains data describing the services in the system e.g. names of services, the service provider, etc.
    • EIT (18) : Event Information Table : the EIT contains data concerning events or programmes such as event name, start time, duration, etc.
    • TDT (20): Time and Date Table : the TDT gives information relating to the present time and date.This information is given in a separate table due to the frequent updating of this information.
• mumudvb automatically suscribe to all multicast groups (IGMP membership request) in order to avoid some switches to broadcast all channels.
• The program can rewrite the PAT Pid in order to announce only present channels (useful for set-top boxes)
  • This is an experimental feature (03/2006) and dont rewrite Pat Pids larger than 188 bytes

External Links

• mumudvb homepage