How-to-stream multicast HD with the Lukas Video STB? Multicast streaming? In streaming situations where your live stream does not leave the Local Area Network (LAN) using a multicast streaming solution might be a good option. It is easy to set up It is flexible It saves bandwidth; HD streams are no problem It does not require streaming servers It is very cost effective Typical use cases: - Schools and universities, - Museums - Conference centers & Hotels, Cruiseships - Government - Festivals - Health care (retirement home, hospital, revalidation center, etc) A combination of a miniCASTER® video encoder with the Lukas Video STB is all that you need to make this happen. How do you set up a HD multicast stream from a miniCASTER® over a local area network using a Lukas Video STB as decoder? Follow this instruction to create the perfect set up: A. Configure miniCASTER® 1. Connect a HD video source to your miniCASTER® (in this case we use a GoPro Hero2 HD camera and a HDMI miniCASTER®) 2. Connect the miniCASTER® to your local area network (LAN) 3. Go to http://myminiCASTER.com - select the miniCASTER® device 4. Set the right output profile – in this case 720p 3mbps. 5. Open delivery profile 6. Set the delivery mode to “TS” 7. Enter a multicast address (i.g. 238. 0.0.10) (see Wikipedia for details) and portnumber (i.g. 10000) 8. Start Streaming 9. Connect your Lukas Video to a HD TV using an HDMI cable and connect it to the local network as well and start playing. Add as many Lukas Videos to your LAN as you like. Before you can see the multicast stream on the TV screen you need to configure the Lukas Video and point the STB to the same multicast <IP address:port> as used under 7. B. Configure Lukas Video It is easy to set up the Lukas Video. To receive a multicast stream you need to put the Lukas Video into Channel Mode (you can also use a webpage to do this). This is done by uploading a simple config file from a USB stick, when you power on the Lukas Video. (Make sure that the Lukas Video was assigned an IP address from your router). This config file can be made with a text editor and should be saved as .SCF file in the root directory of the USB stick. To make the multicast channel available on the Lukas Video you can load the following config: mode=channellist ch1name=Multicast stream ch1url=udp://238.0.0.1:1000/ ch1vt=11 ch1vp=4113 ch1at=14 ch1ap=4114 ch1pt=9 ch1pp=4113 ch2name=Apple test stream ch2url=http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbob/bipbopall.m3u8 Modify this setting to meet your own needs, save it as .SCF file to the USB stick. Do not remove lines from the config file. Put the stick into the front USB port of the Lukas Video and turn the device on. The new config file will be loaded. When the upload is successful your HD multicast stream is played on your TV. For now the miniCASTER® PID’s (packet identifiers) are 4113 and 4114. This PID might be changed in the future by miniCASTER®. You can use any other available multicast ip-address. In the config file above Channel 2 is listed as an example. It is a simple HLS test stream. You can add your own as well. It is possible to add a total of 10 channels. These can be other multicast streams or external HLS streams over the Internet. Use the OK button to access the channel menu. We tested a 1280x720 50p signal with 3 Mbit/s and had a delay of about 1 second over LAN. The stream quality can vary depending on the network load and the network traffic settings. Alternative configuration: You can also configure the Lukas Video by using a webconfig page in javascript. Details about all configuration possibilities can be found in the Technical Manual. You can purchase the Lukas video from our official Dutch miniCASTER® reseller NETchange: NETchange, The Netherlands Contact: Wim van Dijk Mail: [email protected] Mob: +31 615655525 http://www.netchange.nl