| TSReader |
Hardware Support |
Hardware Notes
MPEG-2 transport streams can be sent over a number of different medium. Your choice of hardware depends on which service you wish to receive and also where you located in the world. These are the standards TSReader supports:
| System | Medium | Description | Used in |
| ATSC | Terrestrial (off-air antenna) | 8VSB modulation in 6MHz bandwidth | Canada, South Korea, USA |
| DCII | Satellite | QPSK/OQPSK modulation. Used mostly by cable systems in the Americas at their headends. | Americas |
| DSS | Satellite | QPSK modulation. Used on DIRECTV systems. | Brazil, Latin America, USA |
| DVB-C | Cable | QAM modulation in 6-8MHz bandwidth. | Worldwide |
| DVB-S | Satellite | QPSK modulation. | Worldwide |
| DVB-T | Terrestrial (off-air antenna) | COFDM carriers with either QPSK or QAM modulation. | Australia, Europe, Singapore, Taiwan |
| DVB-ASI | Coax Cable | 270Mbps SDI format but with MPEG-2 data bursts | Professional MPEG applications |
| DVB-SPI | Parallel Cable | Up to 108 Mbps using low-voltage differential signalling (LVDS) | Professional MPEG applications |
Input Sources
TSReader can process MPEG-2 transport streams in real time from the following cards:
| Satellite | Details | Website |
| Twinhan DST-1020 satellite card. Supports the DVB-S standard. | http://www.twinhan.com | |
| Twinhan DST-1020a satellite card. Supports DVB-S and DSS standards. | http://www.twinhan.com | |
| Twinhan DST-1030 satellite card. Supports DVB-S with an additional Common Access Module slot for reception of subscription programming. CAM is not supported by TSReader. | http://www.twinhan.com | |
| Twinhan DST-1030a satellite card. Supports DVB-S with an additional Common Access Module slot for reception of subscription programming. CAM is not supported by TSReader. | http://www.twinhan.com | |
| Chaintech DST-1000 satellite card. Supports DVB-S. | http://www.chaintech.com.tw/ | |
| TechnoTrend Budget PCI satellite card. Supports DVB-S. This card is manufactured by a number of different vendors including Hauppauge Computer Works. |
http://www.technotrend.com http://www.hauppauge.com |
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| Sky2PC (SkyStar) Satellite. Supports DVB-S. Note1 | http://www.bbti.us/ | |
| Terrestrial (DVB-T) |
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| Twinhan VisionDTV Mini Ter. Supports DVB-T. | http://www.twinhan.com | |
| Twinhan VisionDTV Ter. Supports DVB-T |
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| TechnoTrend Budget PCI terrestrial card. Supports DVB-T |
http://www.technotrend.com http://www.hauppauge.com |
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| Air2PC-DVB (AirStar) Terrestrial. Supports DVB-T. Note1 | http://www.bbti.us/ | |
| Nebula Electronics DigiTV PCI Version. Supports DVB-T. | http://www.nebula-electronics.com | |
| Nebula Electronics DigiTV USB 2.0 Version. Supports DVB-T. | http://www.nebula-electronics.com | |
| Terrestrial (ATSC) |
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| Air2PC-ATSC Terrestrial. Supports the ATSC system. Note1 | http://www.bbti.us/ | |
| Cable (DVB-C) |
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| Twinhan Vision DTV Cab-CI. Supports DVB-C. Note2 | http://www.twinhan.com | |
| TechnoTrend Budget PCI cable card. Supports DVB-C. |
http://www.technotrend.com http://www.hauppauge.com |
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| Cable4PC (CableStar) Cable. Supports DVB-C. Note1 Note2 | http://www.bbti.us/ | |
| DVB-ASI |
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| Linear Systems ATSC Master. A full duplex 270 Mbps card used with DVB-ASI interfaces found on professional MPEG-2 equipment. TSReader supports the read function only. | http://www.linsys.ca | |
| Linear Systems DVB Master FD. A full duplex 270 Mbps card used with DVB-ASI interfaces found on professional MPEG-2 equipment. TSReader supports the read function only. | http://www.linsys.ca | |
| Linear Systems DVB Master II Rx. A receive only 270 Mbps card used with DVB-ASI interfaces found on professional MPEG-2 equipment. |
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| Linear Systems DVB Master III Rx. A receive only 270 Mbps card used with DVB-ASI interfaces found on professional MPEG-2 equipment. |
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| Linear Systems DVB Master Quad/i. Four channel 270 Mbps receive card for use with DVB-ASI interfaces. |
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| Linear Systems DVB Master FD-B. Full duplex ASI card with failsafe protection. TSReader supports the receive function only. |
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| Dektec DTA-120 DVB-ASI receive card. |
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| Dektec DTA-140 DVB-ASI transmit/recieve card. TSReader supports the read function only. |
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| DVB-SPI | Details | Website |
| Dektec DTA-122 DVB-SPI receive card. |
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| Receivers like the Novra S75 DVB-S shown take the transport stream from the RF network and re-transmit as multicast UDP packets on LANs. TSReader has a multicast UDP source that can read this LAN traffic. |
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Note 1: Use of BBTI drivers version 4.2.12.3 or later are
strongly recommended for these cards. With prior versions only
39 PIDs can be processed at a time in TSReader.
Note 2: This card isn't
fully functional yet in TSReader primarily because we either can't
get a card or don't have that format of modulation available to
test with. If you have one of these cards, please contact us -
we'd like to work with owners to get TSReader debugged on these
cards.
Output Destinations
TSReader can output a single channel version from the multiplex being received and send it real time to the following devices:
| Interface | Product | Website |
| Stradis Professional MPEG-2 decoder cards. Some versions support the 4:2:2 video profile. | http://www.stradis.com | |
| D-VHS decks via Firewire on Windows XP. Some models (such as the JVC HM-DH30000 shown) have internal MPEG-2 decoders so in addition to recording, you can stream HD to the deck using it as an MPEG-2 decoder. | Various | |
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XBox Media Player's XNS protocol is supported by TSReader. This allows streaming of a program from TSReader over the LAN interface on the XBox hardware. XBox Media Center is also supported by the XNS interface. |
http://www.xboxmediaplayer.com http://www.xboxmediacenter.com |
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| VideoLAN.org's VLC player can use an HTTP connection to stream MPEG from TSReader. We also include control over the VLC client so that channel changes in TSReader correctly restart VLC. | http://www.videolan.org | |
| Roku HD1000 Digital Media Player. TSReader can stream SD and HD video in realtime using the CinemaSix Media Player. |
http://www.up.org/cinemasix/ |