[iptv-users] Open Source Broadcast Encoder

[Kieran Kunhya]

The main reason we've asked on a few places for feedback is because we want to get the design right first time. There are a lot of legitimate use-cases that may well require significant design changes.

There's also a lot of people who are frustrated with the quality/price of hardware encoders who have all had a similar lightbulb idea. 

The licence will probably be GPL with certain sections possibly LGPL.

--- On Mon, 6/12/10, Adam Palmblad <adam.palmblad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Adam Palmblad <adam.palmblad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [iptv-users] Open Source Broadcast Encoder
> To: kieran at kunhya.com
> Date: Monday, 6 December, 2010, 22:41
> As Dan pointed out it's more or less
> a spec. right now. But it
> certainly looks interesting so thanks for sharing the info.
> I believe
> I can find it useful, we have a current and some coming
> projects that
> could have some use of this(currently using ffmpeg and
> x264lib).
> 
> What license are you planing to release under?
> 
> Btw interesting with the large IPTV/Cable operator since it
> not us(I'm
> from Scandinavia) :D
> 
> //Adam
> 
> 2010/12/6 Kieran Kunhya <kieran at kunhya.com>:
> > --- On Mon, 6/12/10, Dan White <dwhite at olp.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Dan White <dwhite at olp.net>
> >> Subject: Re: Open Source Broadcast Encoder
> >> To: "Kieran Kunhya" <kieran at kunhya.com>
> >> Cc: iptv-users at puck.nether.net
> >> Date: Monday, 6 December, 2010, 1:07
> >> On 05/12/10 15:00 -0800, Kieran
> >> Kunhya wrote:
> >> >Apologies if this is the wrong list to post
> this.
> >> >
> >> >People here might be interested to know that
> an Open
> >> Source broadcast encoder is being written. It uses
> the x264
> >> encoder for H.264 encoding. x262 is also in
> development for
> >> MPEG-2 Encoding. There is a large Scandinavian
> IPTV/cable
> >> provider and a US TV station keen to get this in
> production
> >> as soon as possible (mainly for
> quality/price/control
> >> reasons). The idea is that the encoder will have
> all the
> >> features that a hardware encoder would have and be
> simple to
> >> get started with but have major flexibility.
> >> >
> >> >A proposed feature list is here: https://github.com/kierank/broadcastencoder/wiki
> >>
> >> Do you have any code to share or are you still in
> design
> >> phase?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dan White
> >>
> >
> > I have libmpegts mostly completed (but unreleased)
> apart from T-STD and a few other things - it's just a case
> of having access to a T-STD analyzer that doesn't suck and
> possibly fixing any STB issues later on.
> >
> > x262 is in development. Intra-coding is done and Inter
> is currently underway.
> >
> > I've also got an "e-distribution" decoder, which I
> plan to release after a sponsor can fund it's integration
> and sort out the potential legal issues.
> >
> > The main (real-time) encoder framework is in design
> phase, yes.
> >
> > A separate encoder for VOD will most likely be an
> extension of x264cli.
> >
> >
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