Re: Status: Digital Terrestrial Television South Africa.

On 26 Sep 2016, at 4:20 PM, Daniel Schroder <[email protected]> wrote:

>   However it's possible to decode the broadcasts using SDR's, works like
>   a charm for radio stations. We running cheap SDR's for radio stations,
>   transcoded to rtsp onto the network, really easy (see
>   [1]http://www.rtl-sdr.com/ .. lots of fun to play with.) What I want is
>   a DVB-T2 signal, break it up into all the separate channels, transcode
>   with a tv headend, and send over the network. That's a room full of
>   decoders/power supplies plugs etc that can be shelved.

Assuming you’re talking about either DVB-T or DVB-T2 http://www.mumudvb.net/ is a good place to start. Single command line will dump an entire transponder onto a network neatly split into separate multicast streams complete with electronic program guide with almost no configuration.

Pair it with one of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PCTV-Systems-DVB-T2-nanoStick-Tuner/dp/B004C1176E

A word of warning about DVB-T2 support - many of the drivers out there for various cards can’t autodetect whether a transponder is DVB-T or DVB-T2 and expect you to explicitly decide as a parameter. Combine this with various scan tools that don’t work properly and you’re in for lots of hair pulling. The solution is low tech - find the frequency by looking it up (use google, or contact the broadcasts or Sentech) and plug the details in.

Regards,
Graham
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