Astra

Is This for You?

Astra is designed for:

• Cable, satellite, and terrestrial TV operators
• IPTV and OTT service providers
• Content delivery networks (CDNs)
• Hotels, hospitals, and others who provide TV services for their own customers

How Does It Work?

Astra runs on Linux servers and gets TV content from various sources, then delivers it to your viewers.

Receiving content

Astra supports various types of sources:

• Satellite, Cable, and Terrestrial signals using DVB and ISDB-T standards
• HLS and HTTP MPEG-TS streams
• Multicast streams in IP networks with UDP or RTP
• SRT protocol in caller or listener modes
• RTSP streams from IP cameras

Processing content

Astra prepares received channels for delivery using MPEG-TS processing features:

• MPEG-TS Demultiplexing to extract channels from multi-program streams
• Streams filtering and remapping
• Descrambling with DVB-CI and Conditional Access Modules
• Analyzing streams
• Stream redundancy with automatic failover to backup sources when primary feeds fail

Astra works on the transport stream level, and delivers content without changing the original video and audio streams.

Delivering content

Broadcasting & Streaming content over different networks:

• Preparing streams and MPEG-TS multiplexing for cable, terrestrial, and satellite networks
• Scrambling using DVB Simulcrypt
• HLS and HTTP MPEG-TS streaming with access authentication
• Delivery streams over IP networks with UDP Multicast
• SRT protocol in listener or caller modes

Other Features

• Web-Interface: Control and configure Astra in your browser
• Realtime monitoring: Track adapters and streams health
• Integration with Zabbix, Grafana, and InfluxDB: Connect with your existing monitoring tools
• API: Automate tasks and integrate with other systems
• Lua scripts: Customize functionality with scripting