dvbtee: a digital television streamer / parser / service information aggregator supporting various interfaces including telnet CLI & http control
This project is maintained by Michael Ira Krufky
libdvbtee is a stream parser and service information aggregator library for MPEG2 transport streams. The library includes a program service information (PSI) parser and support for various network streaming methods and is aware of the linux-dvb kernel API as well as HDHomeRun network streaming APIs.
The library contains enough functionality to power a full featured television middleware application, including the ability to acquire and stream data through UDP, TCP, HTTP, DMA and various other mechanisms.
libdvbtee_server allows for these features to be controlled from an http
session or command line interface, and can be used to control multiple tuners.
The dvbtee executable application provides a variety of features, including: scanning, tuning, EPG browsing, receive incoming network streams, stream out network streams, manage multiple tuners, and more...
The server can be accessed either by telnet or http. The default port number
is 64080, but this is configurable. The server_example uses port number 62080.
When accessing the server via http, precede commands by / and arguments by =. When accessing the server via telnet, enter in the form 'command=argument' and press enter.
libdvbtee was originally developed using the qmake build system for easy multi-platform build support. libdvbtee still supports the qmake system, but now uses autotools as the preferred build system for various reasons.
autoreconf --install
./configure
make
dvbtee/dvbtee < mpegfile.ts
If, for some odd reason, you want to build libdvbtee using the old version of the table / descriptor decoder, specify --enable-olddecoder to configure
autoreconf --install
./configure --enable-olddecoder
make
dvbtee/dvbtee < mpegfile.ts
If you prefer to use qmake rather than autotools, use the following commands:
qmake -r
make
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=libdvbtee:libdvbtee_server dvbtee/dvbtee < mpegfile.ts
If, for some odd reason, you want to build libdvbtee using the old version of the table / descriptor decoder, specify CONFIG+=olddecoder to qmake
qmake -r CONFIG+=olddecoder
make
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=libdvbtee:libdvbtee_server dvbtee/dvbtee < mpegfile.ts
libdvbtee depends on libdvbpsi for PSIP parsing. Although libdvbtee will build against older libdvbpsi releases, a more recent build is required in order to provide all of libdvbtee's latest features, such as ATSC support.
libdvbtee's build system is capable of building and linking against the latest version of libdvbpsi by placing a copy of the libdvbpsi repository in the top level of libdvbtee's source tree.
Rather than giving step-by-step instructions in this README, shell scripts are provided that will fetch the latest libdvbpsi sources, configure the build system, and build both libraries together.
For the integrated build of libdvbtee along with the latest version of libdvbpsi using autotools (recommended):
./build-auto.sh
dvbtee/dvbtee < mpegfile.ts
For the integrated build of libdvbtee along with the latest version of libdvbpsi using qmake:
./build-qmake.sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=libdvbtee:libdvbtee_server dvbtee/dvbtee < mpegfile.ts
-a adapter id
-A (1 for ATSC, 2 for ClearQAM)
-b display bitrates & statistics
-c channel to tune /
comma (,) separated list of channels to scan /
scan minimum channel
-C channel to tune /
comma (,) separated list of channels to scan /
scan maximum channel
-f frontend id
-F filename to use as input
-t timeout
-T number of tuners (dvb adapters) allowed to use, 0 for all
-s scan, optional arg when using multiple tuners:
1 for speed, 2 for redundancy,
3 for speed AND redundancy,
4 for optimized speed / partial redundancy
-S server mode, optional arg 1 for command server,
2 for http stream server, 3 for both
-i pull local/remote tcp/udp port for data
-n bind to a specific network interface
-I request a service and its associated PES streams by its service id
-E enable EPG scan, optional arg to limit the number of EITs to parse
-e enable ETT extended text tables (EPG descriptions, ATSC only)
-o output filtered data, optional arg is a filename / URI, ie udp://127.0.0.1:1234
-O output options: (or-able) 1 = PAT/PMT, 2 = PES, 4 = PSIP
-H use a HdHomeRun device, optional arg to specify the device string
-j enable json output of decoded tables & descriptors
-d debug level
-q quiet most logging
-h display additional help
To tune to service id 1 of physical channel 33 and stream it to a udp port:
dvbtee -c33 -I1 -oudp://192.168.1.100:1234
To tune the second frontend of adapter 1 and stream the full TS of physical channel 44 to a tcp listener:
dvbtee -c44 -otcp://192.168.1.200:5555
To listen to a TCP port and stream to a UDP port:
dvbtee -itcp://5555 -oudp://192.168.1.100:1234
To parse a captured file and filter out the PSIP data, saving the PAT/PMT and PES streams to a file:
dvbtee -Finput.ts -O3 -ofile://output.ts
To parse a UDP stream for ten seconds:
dvbtee -iudp://127.0.0.1:1234 -t10
To scan for ClearQAM services using 5 tuners optimized for speed and partial redundancy:
dvbtee -A2 -T5 -s4
To scan for ATSC services using 2 HdHomeRun tuners optimized for speed and redundancy:
dvbtee -A1 -H -T2 -s3
To start a server using adapter 0:
dvbtee -a0 -S
To start a server using tuner1 of a specific HdHomeRun device (ex: ABCDABCD):
dvbtee -H ABCDABCD-1 -S
To scan a channel with JSON output enabled, the following command:
dvbtee -s -c13 -j
...should generate output similar to the following:
scan channel 13...
store PAT: v0, ts_id: 2011
3 | 30
4 | 40
5 | 50
store PMT: v12, service_id 3, pcr_pid 49
es_pid | type
31 | 0x02 (Video MPEG-2) |
34 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | eng
35 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | spa
36 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | fre
store VCT: v6, ts_id 2011, b_cable_vct 0
channel | service_id | source_id | service_name
13.1 | 3 | 1 | WNET-HD | eng, spa, fre
13.2 | 4 | 2 | KIDS | eng, spa, fre
13.3 | 5 | 3 | V-Me | eng
store MGT: v6
table type | pid | ver | bytes
0x0000 | 0x1ffb | 6 | 187
0x0100 | 0x1d00 | 6 | 1103
0x0101 | 0x1d01 | 6 | 1105
0x0102 | 0x1d02 | 6 | 1132
0x0103 | 0x1d03 | 6 | 1305
0x0200 | 0x1e00 | 6 | 1197
0x0201 | 0x1e01 | 6 | 1220
0x0202 | 0x1e02 | 6 | 1157
0x0203 | 0x1e03 | 6 | 1213
store PMT: v12, service_id 5, pcr_pid 81
es_pid | type
51 | 0x02 (Video MPEG-2) |
54 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | eng
store PMT: v12, service_id 4, pcr_pid 65
es_pid | type
41 | 0x02 (Video MPEG-2) |
44 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | eng
45 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | spa
46 | 0x81 (Audio AC3 (ATSC)) | fre
# channel 13, 213000000,
13.1-WNET-HD:213000000:8VSB:49:52:3
13.2-KIDS:213000000:8VSB:65:68:4
13.3-V-Me:213000000:8VSB:81:84:5
found 3 services
TSID#07db: [ { "programs": [ { "number": 3, "pid": 48 }, { "number": 4, "pid": 64 }, { "number": 5, "pid": 80 } ], "tableId": 0, "tableName": "PAT", "tsId": 2011, "version": 0 }, { "pcrPid": 49, "program": 3, "streams": [ { "pid": 49, "streamType": 2, "streamTypeString": "Video MPEG-2" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 14, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 0, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "eng", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "eng" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 52, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 8, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 0, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "spa", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "spa" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 53, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 8, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 2, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "fre", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "fre" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 54, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" } ], "tableId": 2, "tableName": "PMT", "version": 12 }, { "channels": [ { "accessControlled": false, "carrierFreq": 0, "descriptors": [ { "descriptorTag": 161, "serviceLocation": [ { "esPid": 49, "streamType": 2, "streamTypeString": "Video MPEG-2" }, { "esPid": 52, "lang": "eng", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "esPid": 53, "lang": "spa", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "esPid": 54, "lang": "fre", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" } ] } ], "etmLocation": 0, "hidden": false, "hideGuide": false, "major": 13, "minor": 1, "modulation": 4, "outOfBand": true, "pathSelect": true, "program": 3, "serviceName": "WNET-HD", "serviceType": 2, "sourceId": 1, "tsId": 2011 }, { "accessControlled": false, "carrierFreq": 0, "descriptors": [ { "descriptorTag": 161, "serviceLocation": [ { "esPid": 65, "streamType": 2, "streamTypeString": "Video MPEG-2" }, { "esPid": 68, "lang": "eng", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "esPid": 69, "lang": "spa", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "esPid": 70, "lang": "fre", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" } ] } ], "etmLocation": 0, "hidden": false, "hideGuide": false, "major": 13, "minor": 2, "modulation": 4, "outOfBand": true, "pathSelect": true, "program": 4, "serviceName": "KIDS", "serviceType": 2, "sourceId": 2, "tsId": 2011 }, { "accessControlled": false, "carrierFreq": 0, "descriptors": [ { "descriptorTag": 161, "serviceLocation": [ { "esPid": 81, "streamType": 2, "streamTypeString": "Video MPEG-2" }, { "esPid": 84, "lang": "eng", "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" } ] } ], "etmLocation": 0, "hidden": false, "hideGuide": false, "major": 13, "minor": 3, "modulation": 4, "outOfBand": true, "pathSelect": true, "program": 5, "serviceName": "V-Me", "serviceType": 2, "sourceId": 3, "tsId": 2011 } ], "isCableVCT": false, "tableId": 200, "tableName": "VCT", "tsId": 2011, "version": 6 }, { "tableId": 199, "tableName": "MGT", "tables": [ { "bytes": 187, "pid": 8187, "type": 0, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1103, "pid": 7424, "type": 256, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1105, "pid": 7425, "type": 257, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1132, "pid": 7426, "type": 258, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1305, "pid": 7427, "type": 259, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1197, "pid": 7680, "type": 512, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1220, "pid": 7681, "type": 513, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1157, "pid": 7682, "type": 514, "version": 6 }, { "bytes": 1213, "pid": 7683, "type": 515, "version": 6 } ], "version": 6 }, { "pcrPid": 81, "program": 5, "streams": [ { "descriptors": [ { "CaptionService": [ { "digital_cc": "708", "easyReader": false, "iso639lang": "eng", "line21field": true, "serviceNumber": 1, "wideAspectRatio": false } ], "descriptorTag": 134 } ], "pid": 81, "streamType": 2, "streamTypeString": "Video MPEG-2" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 10, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 0, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "eng", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "eng" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 84, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" } ], "tableId": 2, "tableName": "PMT", "version": 12 }, { "pcrPid": 65, "program": 4, "streams": [ { "descriptors": [ { "CaptionService": [ { "digital_cc": "708", "easyReader": false, "iso639lang": "eng", "line21field": true, "serviceNumber": 1, "wideAspectRatio": false } ], "descriptorTag": 134 } ], "pid": 65, "streamType": 2, "streamTypeString": "Video MPEG-2" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 14, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 0, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "eng", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "eng" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 68, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 8, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 0, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "spa", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "spa" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 69, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" }, { "descriptors": [ { "bitRateCode": 8, "bsid": 8, "bsmod": 2, "description": "", "descriptorTag": 129, "fullSvc": true, "language": "fre", "numChannels": "2/0", "sampleRate": "48", "surroundMode": "Not indicated" }, { "ISO639Lang": [ { "audioType": 0, "language": "fre" } ], "descriptorTag": 10 } ], "pid": 70, "streamType": 129, "streamTypeString": "Audio AC3 (ATSC)" } ], "tableId": 2, "tableName": "PMT", "version": 12 } ]
tuner specify tuner id
feeder specify feeder id
scan scan for services, optional arg comma (,) separated list of channels to scan
scanepg same as 'scan' with EPG data collection enabled during scan
startscan same as 'scan' but asynchronous
startscanepg combo of 'scanepg' and 'startscan'
tune tune to a channel or service, ie:
tune=33 (full mux) / tune=44~3 (svc id 3)
channels list channels
channel tune physical channel (unsafe - use tune instead)
service select service (unsafe - use tune instead)
stream add output file / tcp / udp / http stream, ie:
stream=udp:192.168.1.100:1234
stream=tcp:192.168.1.200:5555
stream=file:output.ts
stream (over http with no arg will begin streaming to current socket)
epg dump collected EPG data
xmltv dump collected EPG data in XMLTV format
stop stop the tuner
stopoutput stop the tuner and output
check display debug info if debug is enabled
debug enable debug
parser enable / disable the parser for data shovel
listen listen for TS on a TCP or UDP port
save save scanned channels
quit stop the server and exit