Package: opencaster (3.2.2+dfsg-1.1 and others)

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MPEG2 transport stream data generator and packet manipulator

OpenCaster is a collection of tools for Linux system to play out and multiplex MPEG2 transport stream format.

Use-cases:

 - MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv and others interactive tv standards object carousel
   broadcast
 - Playout of locally stored, offline encoded audio and video for non-live
   tv and radio stations
 - Multiplexing of input multicasted UDP transport stream to output
   multicasted UDP transport stream
 - VOD system based on mpeg2 transport stream over IP or over DVB for
   walled garden network like hotels with coax or ethernet.
 - DVB-SSU update
 - Data casting
 - IP encapsualtor
 - PSI/SI generator
 - EPG generator

OpenCaster output has been successfully integrated with a long list of dvb products, among them there are products by Cisco/Scientific Atlanta, Ericsson/Tandberg, Dektec, Eurotek, Harmonic/Scopus, MainConcept, Mitan, Screen Service, Adtec, Wellav, Sr-Systems, Deltacast, ... Integration is tested and available on the Avalpa Broadcast Server

OpenCaster has been tested with Rohde & Schwarz DVM100L, Rohde & Schwarz DVM 400, Dektec StreamXpert and a countless number of set top boxes, digital receivers and flat panels

 - PSI generation (PAT, PMT, NIT, SDT, TDT, AIT, TOT, ...)
 - EPG/EIT generation
 - Object and data carousel generation and receivement (MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv,
   DVB-SSU, DSMCC, ...)
 - third party software AC-3, MPEG2 audio, MPEG2 video and H264 video
   encoders support
 - Audio Description generation support
 - IP encapsulation (MPE)
 - CBR transport stream muxing
 - PCR stamping
 - Null packet replacement
 - PID filtering
 - PID remapping
 - Null packet insertion
 - Video buffer verifier
 - PCR timing verifier
 - PES headers analyzer
 - MPEG2 video and MPEG2/AC-3 audio ES header analyzer
 - M2TS file generation from TS file

Other Packages Related to opencaster

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.17)

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

• dep: libdvbcsa1 (>= 1.1.0)

  free implementation of the DVB/CSA

• dep: python

  interactive high-level object-oriented language (Python2 version)

  dep: python (<< 2.8)

  dep: python (>= 2.7~)

• dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

  compression library - runtime

• sug: opencaster-doc

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amd64	3.2.2+dfsg-1.1+b1	134.7 kB	968.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	3.2.2+dfsg-1.1+b1	127.6 kB	983.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	3.2.2+dfsg-1.1+b1	133.8 kB	789.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	3.2.2+dfsg-1.1+b1	139.5 kB	845.0 kB	[list of files]