An awesome idea if I must say so -- that is if I completely understand what you're proposing :).
Robert Johnston wrote: > IPTV uses SAP+SDP for stream announcement and RTP+RTCP/RSTP (It seems > that RTSP is used for VOD/PPV, and RTP is used for regular channels) > for the actual video streams. All over multicast (Which is supported > in all linux kernels from 2.2+). > > SAP/SDP description details: http://www.faqs.org/rfc/rfc2327.html > > SAP default announcement address: UDP:224.2.127.254:9875 > > RTP defined in http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1889.html > > RSTP defined in http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2326.html > > VLC can be used as an example SAP/SDP provider, and to provide RTP or > RTSP (In version 0.8.3+) streams (Use the wizard, or the "Open" > dialog, and choose to "Stream" output, and VLC will announce the > SAP/SDP and stream to a multicast port of your choosing). This means > you don't actually *need* an IPTV provider, as you can be one yourself > on your local network. > > I *think* that the existing code for DBox2 can be copied and re-purposed. > > The only thing that would be missing is the code to grab the "Program > guide" (Which, I presume, is mentioned as a HTTP url in the SDP > description, and is in a reasonably standard format, as it's made so > differing set-top boxen can all auto-configure to pick up the correct > lineup and information) > > I believe, with this integrated into Myth as another tuner(s) (And if > we can find the Program Guide data, the equivalent of a EIT program > guide provider) we can make Myth a formidable open-source IPTV STB, > and as that is where TV is moving, it would be an early foot in the > door. > > While I realise we have a feature freeze for 0.19, how would people > (users and developers) feel about trying to get this into 0.20? > -- > Robert "Anaerin" Johnston > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
