TSBroadcaster can dynamically manage bandwidth between different OCAP applications on a single PID, making it easier to distribute, re-multiplex and manage outputs. This provides statistical multiplexing within the constant bit rate assigned to a specific DSM-CC object carousel.

More About TSBroadcaster Bit Rate Management

For each object carousel, the total carousel bit rate is partitioned so that each playout is allocated its nominated bit rate, plus, if requested, a share of any spare bit rate left over in the carousel.

If an application set is required by more than one playout concurrently then a single instance is shared between all the playouts that reference it. To see how the bit rate is being allocated in a particular carousel, select "Playouts" from the TSBroadcaster Home Page, "View Playouts", then the "All Services" dropdown selection and select the carousel.

[View screen shot of TSBroadcaster, View Scheduled Playouts, with bit rate allocations]

The view will now show the bit rate allocation for applications over time. If you move the cursor over the display, a readout will be presented showing the playout name, the application set name, the requested bit rate and the allocated bit rate.

If more bit rate is requested than is available, the graph shows a pink area to indicate that the playouts are over budget. See example screen shot, the pink vertical bars only occur when the 'red' application is running, indicating that the bandwidth allocated to this application is causing the bit rate to be exceeded. The solution is reduce any of the bit rates to one or more of the applications running at that instance.

Note that the basic bit rates for each application set are all scaled down by the same percentage to make the applications fit within the carousel budget.