Comments on: Streaming DVB http://zaheer.merali.org/articles/2008/03/02/streaming-dvb/ Random Ramblings Wed, 25 May 2011 19:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davidz http://zaheer.merali.org/articles/2008/03/02/streaming-dvb/#comment-14725 davidz Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:48:52 +0000 http://zaheer.merali.org/articles/2008/03/02/streaming-dvb/#comment-14725 In a previous life, I worked with broadcast systems for five years (with several wellknown sat and cable operators) and I've seen a lot worse than this.... In a previous life, I worked with broadcast systems for five years (with several wellknown sat and cable operators) and I’ve seen a lot worse than this….

]]> By: Hub http://zaheer.merali.org/articles/2008/03/02/streaming-dvb/#comment-14724 Hub Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:48:19 +0000 http://zaheer.merali.org/articles/2008/03/02/streaming-dvb/#comment-14724 Free (through the Freebox) has been using Dreambox and VLC to provide TV over ADSL (over IP actually) to their customers. Basically the Dreambox got the DV-B feed, VLC unicast it to another VLC hosted on a server that will eventually recompress down to 2Mbits/s (at that time that was the limit) to multicast it on the network. That was in 2003. Free (through the Freebox) has been using Dreambox and VLC to provide TV over ADSL (over IP actually) to their customers. Basically the Dreambox got the DV-B feed, VLC unicast it to another VLC hosted on a server that will eventually recompress down to 2Mbits/s (at that time that was the limit) to multicast it on the network.

That was in 2003.

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