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ABSTRACT

This article gives a brief overview of our Open Source software framework for generating MPEG-2 Transport Streams carrying digital TV programs and related metadata. Due to the framework's modular architecture and its support for a large variety of broadcast standards, it enables the realization of a broad spectrum of prototype implementations and test setups in the context of Multimedia research and development. We describe three different example configurations for the generation of DVB-T and DVB-H streams that also support MHP applications for local interactivity.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.0 General

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.0 General
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques

General Terms:
Design, Documentation

Keywords:
digital video broadcasting, linux, mhp, mpeg-2, open source, realtime systems