User`s guide

TechniSat DVB-PC TV Stars - Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE

Chapter 5: IP multicast Streaming

Version 4.4.1

On our server, we open "Settings" => "Options" and change to the "Recorder" tab.

Figure 5.2: Options menu Network

Here you have to configure the necessary options for the IP multicast stream.

First you have to choose the IP-address of the network interface, the multicast

stream is sent for distribution. In our example, the network interface has the IP

192.168.0.1

The second information, which is necessary for IP multicast, is the multicast address

and the port the stream is located on.

If the MC-IP is valid, MC-IP field is filled with green colour. If the IP is invalid, the field

is red.

The multicast IP range is specified in RFC 1112 (Aug-01-1989) and the following

RFC documents. Multicast IP addresses are defined to the range between 224.0.0.0

to 239.255.255.255. If you want to send the stream to all clients in your subnet, you

have to use the multicast IP 224.0.0.1. For further information about multicast IP

addresses you should read the RFC document.

The multicast port number, you have to choose, can be chosen from the range

between 0 and 65500. You should not use the first 1024 ports because they are

reserved/used by IP services.

In our example we use the multicast IP 224.0.0.1 for all clients in the local subnet and

the port number 7792.

Now press OK to confirm the settings and close the options window.

Now you can start the multicast IP streaming.