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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:17:05 +0200
From:      Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, georg@dts.su
Subject:   Re: IPTV
Message-ID:  <200602101017.05484.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
In-Reply-To: <139347370.20060209191730@dts.su>
References:  <139347370.20060209191730@dts.su>

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On Thursday 09 February 2006 18:17, georg@dts.su wrote:
> Helo,
>
> Did any one know IPTV solutions for FreeBSD?
hm, vlc. Not exactly IPTV though. You'll find in the ports/multimedia/vlc

> I need some sofware that allow resive multicast TV and cast them to STB and
> PC...

The thing with IPTV is that the content is encrypted, and gets decrypted
by the STB, which is controlled by your IPTV-provider. You cannot simply
connect your FreeBSD box to your switch, receive multicast video and
display it. I don't think you'll find open source software that does this...

The other way around works fine, of course. vlc sends multicast and the
STB displays it.

HTH, Nikos



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