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How To Set Up DIY OTT IPTV for Sky Channels?
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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 1025294"><p>You can set indeed set up your own streaming services, or even use a multicast video stream (which can be really problematic over the internet).</p><p>Streaming servers would take some form of input (HDMI is hampered by the HDCP copy-protection scheme which all HDMI-compliant devices must adhere to).</p><p>Your best option is still the component HD input.</p><p>You then need a PC with such a board, and create what you call an IP encoder.</p><p>Unless you're watching the video on a device connected to the same LAN, or are a network operator, you don't really want to do multicast IP distribution.</p><p>Therefore, the IP encoder would have to make HLS files (or similar) ready for streaming.</p><p>You will need to select suitable bitrates, and probably also an ABR (adaptive bitrate) palette of profiles to handle variations in throughput.</p><p>You then need to set up a streaming server (plenty of freeware alternatives, including Apache), that offers these streams to clients.</p><p>That Apache server then needs to be exposed to the internet through a suitable router/firewall, so that you don't get hacked.</p><p>And THEN you can connect a generic IPTV streaming box (either PC or something like a Netgear or one of the gazilion Chinese alternatives)...</p><p></p><p>...or you could buy a Slingbox.</p><p></p><p>(Note: I have no relationship with Sling Media, and I do not endorse their products specifically. It just sounds awfully a lot like what you want...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 1025294"] You can set indeed set up your own streaming services, or even use a multicast video stream (which can be really problematic over the internet). Streaming servers would take some form of input (HDMI is hampered by the HDCP copy-protection scheme which all HDMI-compliant devices must adhere to). Your best option is still the component HD input. You then need a PC with such a board, and create what you call an IP encoder. Unless you're watching the video on a device connected to the same LAN, or are a network operator, you don't really want to do multicast IP distribution. Therefore, the IP encoder would have to make HLS files (or similar) ready for streaming. You will need to select suitable bitrates, and probably also an ABR (adaptive bitrate) palette of profiles to handle variations in throughput. You then need to set up a streaming server (plenty of freeware alternatives, including Apache), that offers these streams to clients. That Apache server then needs to be exposed to the internet through a suitable router/firewall, so that you don't get hacked. And THEN you can connect a generic IPTV streaming box (either PC or something like a Netgear or one of the gazilion Chinese alternatives)... ...or you could buy a Slingbox. (Note: I have no relationship with Sling Media, and I do not endorse their products specifically. It just sounds awfully a lot like what you want...) [/QUOTE]
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