Astra (software) explained

Astra
Author:	Andrey Dyldin
Developer:	Cesbo Ltd.
Latest Release Version:	4.4 5.64
Programming Language:	ANSI C
Operating System:	Linux
Genre:	Television, digital video broadcasting
License:	4.4 GPLv3 5.64 Proprietary

Astra is a professional software to organize digital broadcasting service for TV operators and broadcasters, internet service providers, hotels, etc. Astra is an acronym for "advanced streaming application".

Astra supports many protocols and standards to receive channels from different sources. Received channels prepares and transmits into the IP network. Built-in scripting language (Lua) allow to customize business logic of the application.

Features

• Data format: MPEG-TS
• Receiving formats and standards:
  • DVB-S, DVB-T, DVB-C, ATSC, ASI
  • RTSP^[1]
  • HTTP
  • HLS^[1]
  • UDP, RTP
  • MPEG-TS files
• Transmitting formats and standards:
  • HTTP
  • HLS^[1]
  • UDP, RTP
  • MPEG-TS files
  • DVB^[1]
• Data processing:
  • Descrambling: DVB-CI
  • MPEG-TS demultiplexing – extract single channel from the multi-program transport stream
  • MPEG-TS multiplexing – combine several channels into single multi-program transport stream^[1]
  • DVB-T2 MI decapsulation^[1]
  • Analyzing MPEG-TS streams
  • Redundancy for incoming streams
  • MPEG-TS PID remapping and filtering
• Other:
  • Scripting language: Lua
  • Web-Interface^[1]
  • REST API for management^[1]
  • HbbTV^[1]
  • Telemetry and monitoring^[1]
  • Access authorization^[1]
  • EPG export (XMLTV or JSON)^[1]

References

1. Feature available only in proprietary version

External links

• Official website
• Source code repository on Bitbucket