Changelog

250612

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HTTP Input

• option referrer for HTTP input to set Referer header: &referrer=http://example.com

HLS/HTTP Output

• fix application crash on using HTTP MPEG-TS session with HLS output
• hide log messages sending content to ... failed

Web Interface

• fix dark colors for minimized cards on dashboard
• fix /api/adapter-status for Adapter with disabled monitoring
• fix sessions list
• check cpu frequency on start and show warning if cpu frequency scaling is enabled

SRT Output

• option streamid for caller mode
• option statsout for listener mode to write receiving stats to CSV file

UDP Output

• option reload=HHMM to restart UDP output at specified time (24h format). Example: &reload=0300 to restart output at 3:00 AM daily
• source-filter attribute for SAP if local address defined in UDP output

DVB Input

• option bbframe for DigitalDevices adapters to receive BBFRAME from DVB instead of TS packets. Used as a workaround for DVB-S2 Multistream on Eutelsat 5W
• fix application crash on “ci-device not found”
• support for TBS6522H

250221

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SRT

• SRT library downgraded to v1.4.3 due to packet loss and CC errors
• SRT input automatically restarts connections when the bitrate dropped to zero

DVB

• Option restart_adapter to restart DVB adapter with channel analyzer. When channel receives stream with errors it send command to restart adapter.
• Fixed crash on starting DVB from Lua scripts
• SAT>IP sends options to the SAT>IP server for Multistream/PLS

UDP

• Fixed logs storm with message “UDP recv buffer overflow”
• Added option join for UDP output to send Multicast Join request (required by some network switches)
• Added option ts_size=204 for MPEG-TS with 204 byte packets (ISDB-T streams in Brazil and Japan)

MPEG-TS

• Fixed remap for AIT packets

Web Interface

• Links to m3u-playlists with different sources (HLS, HTTP MPEG-TS, UDP): Settings → HTTP Play

241024

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SRT

• SRT library updated to v1.5.3
• Sessions for SRT output in listener mode
• SRT output refactoring, better stability, fixed memory leak
• options streamid for SRT input

TBS DVB-T modulator

• Support TBS6104 DVB-T Quad Modulator Card

HLS

• HLS Output pass SCTE-35 markers
• HLS Input corrects Continuity Counter if starts from 0 on each segment

MPEG-TS

• support text encoded with UTF-16, ISO/IEC 10646 BMP in the EIT and SDT tables
• stops PSI generation if no data on input

Web Interface

• icons for DVB Virtual adapters
• fix status and bitrate for SAT>IP adapter in the web interface
• fix web reload on reconnect
• fix servers deletion in the web interface
• logout button
• tabs for Settings → General

Internal changes

• keep moving code from Lua scripts to the Astra Core: API methods for stream-status, stream-report, playlists, JSON processing and others

230719

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SRT

• SRT library updated to v1.5.1
• Option statsout=FILE to write SRT receiving/transmitting stats to the CSV file. This file can be processed using https://github.com/mbakholdina/srt-stats-plotting.
• Supports the standard address format, such as srt://example.com?passphrase=12345. If your address contains the # symbol in the streamid option, it should be changed to %23. For example: srt://example.com?streamid=%23!::r=LaminorTV,m=request
• Better receiving stability
• option oheadbw - recovery bandwidth overhead above input rate. Default: 25
• options sndbuf and rcvbuf to tune transmitting and receiving buffer size

DVB Virtual adapters

Virtual adapters is an option in the Adapter settings for easy setup streams:

• MPTS streams: you may define address of the MPTS stream and scan it to append all channels separately. Read more
• CI adapter: you may configure channels descrambling with external CI adapters like DigitalDevices Octopus Twin CI or TBS6900. Read more
• SAT>IP adapter: this is replacement for the SAT>IP checkbox in previous versions. Read more
• SAT>IP: increase receiving buffer size
• SAT>IP: more log for HTTP connection errors

DVB Tuners & DVB Input

• For multistandard adapters available option for manual frontend selection - fe_device. This can be found in the web interface: Adapter options → Advanced → FE Device
• Scan DVB adapters before Astra start

DigitalDevices RESI modulator

• Fix options gain and attenuator for latest drivers
• Default buffer size increased to 64Mb
• Reset RESI before starting

HTTP/HLS

Input:

• HLS input supports M3U8 with URLs without scheme. For example: //example.com/media/001.ts
• Bitrate syncing by DTS/PTS timestamps instead of PCR. (many HLS streams has corrupted PCR values)

Output:

• Rewrited authorization algorithms for better performance (moved from Lua scripts to the C-core)
• HTTP Backend authorization supports redirects
• Check IP list in HTTP authorization before other methods
• HLS Output sends empty TS file if file is not found (was 404 error, but some ffplay based players sends many requests trying to reload it)
• Option Settings → HLS → Session Timeout to customize time when session should be closed on inactive

UDP

• Ignore invalid TS files on Input (previous versions restarted receiving)
• Option src=IP to specify UDP multicast source address for IGMPv3. Example: udp://eth1@239.255.1.1:1234#src=192.168.88.100

MPTS

• Change EIT type with enabled remux_eit option. If EIT tsid is not equal to the tsid option defined in the MPTS settings, then EIT type will be changed from actual to other

Processing

• option set_pcr_pid to change PCR pid if it separated from video
• T2MI fix issue with CC errors on some streams

Monitoring

• Option interval=SEC for InfluxDB address to define sending intervals. Default is 60 second. For example: https://example.com:8086#interval=5
• app_mem_kb in the Process status API. Process memory usage in kilobytes
• video_count and audio_count in the Stream status API

Master-Slave

• Option delay for slave-mode to start process with delay. Default 3 seconds. Example: astra -c slave.conf -p 8000 --slave "http://master:8000#delay=10"

Web Interface

• Icon
• Web Interface from als.cesbo.com integrated into Astra binary file (als.cesbo.com not used anymore)
• Option to set a custom path to the web interface. This can be found in Settings → General → Custom Path. For example, with the path secret, the interface will be available at http://example.com:8000/secret/
• Option to modify port for the web interface. This can be found in Settings → General → Custom Port. This option customizes the port value defined in the -p option. Also supported local interface address, such as 127.0.0.1:8000 - the web will be available only on localhost
• Option Settings → HTTP Play → Path to TV Screenshots - attach channel screenshots to the cards on dashboard
• Description for channel
• Modal dialogs to configure stream and adapter settings

Internal changes

• Moved a lot of code from Lua scripts to the Astra Core for better performance
• Astra checks port for API and Web interface to prevent launching same process twice
• Update OpenSSL to v1.1.1t
• Integrate LibUV v1.44.2 (preparing for switching from internal event processing to libuv)

Archive Versions

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• 230719
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• 220504