http stream multiple tv channels

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Hello,

I would like to stream through HTTP streaming multiple tv channels, with VLC. In order to do that, I think I need multiple tv tuners connected to the streaming server, one for each channel. After that, I need to run multiple instances of VLC, one for each channel, that receive the stream from an appropriate tv tuner and streams it to the ip address of the web server, on different ports.

Is this scenario correct?

My concerns:
1. Can I have multiple tv tuners connected to the same computer (the streaming server). And if so, can they come from the same vendor, or must I choose different brands for each tv tuner, in order to be able to pick a different tv tuner in each VLC?
2. Without any thought of advertising, do you have any suggestion for tv tuners? I know there's a compatibilty hardware list for VLC, but I really don't no much about what they should do. The tv signal is analog and VLC will run on windows xp\vista. As there would be around 4-5 of them, I need decent quality, acceptable price and the CPU of the PC must not be overwhelmed by the processing (it should be done in the tv tuner's hardware).

Thank you!

[linuxos77]

This is EXACTLY what I'm looking to do!!! Did you make any progress? We're under the impression we can purchase several of the same tuner cards and point to each as a source.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

1. Can I have multiple tv tuners connected to the same computer (the streaming server). And if so, can they come from the same vendor, or must I choose different brands for each tv tuner, in order to be able to pick a different tv tuner in each VLC?

Yes, as long as you have enough PCI slots and CPU power.

2. Without any thought of advertising, do you have any suggestion for tv tuners? I know there's a compatibilty hardware list for VLC, but I really don't no much about what they should do. The tv signal is analog and VLC will run on windows xp\vista. As there would be around 4-5 of them, I need decent quality, acceptable price and the CPU of the PC must not be overwhelmed by the processing (it should be done in the tv tuner's hardware).

Presumably anything compatible with BDA. That said, I would rather recommend streaming from Linux for stability reasons.

[dorijan]

Here is my vlm file that uses dvb-t as bda source and reenecode that with h.264 and act as http server

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new channel1 broadcast enabled setup channel1 input dvb-t://frequency=642000000 setup channel1 option programs=1,2,3,4 setup channel1 output #duplicate{dst="transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=600,scale=0.5,acodec=mp4a,ab=64,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=10.168.58.5:8081}",select="program=1",dst="transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=600,scale=0.5,acodec=mp4a,ab=64,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=10.168.58.5:8082}",select="program=2",dst="transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=600,scale=0.5,acodec=mp4a,ab=64,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=10.168.58.5:8083}",select="program=3",dst="transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=600,scale=0.5,acodec=mp4a,ab=64,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=10.168.58.5:8084}",select="program=4"} control channel1 play

but one thing is not working, i mean I dont know how to do it, and that is how to stream a EPG data...
if someone know how to do it, it would be great