TSPlayer is an MPEG multi-program transport stream player which is particularly suitable for streaming ETV and OCAP content, encoded and created by the TSBroadcaster and SoftOC products.

TSPlayer can also operate as a generic MPEG stream player, including a multiplex capability, ideal for spooling a number of streams generated by third party tools.

Standalone TSPlayer systems consist of:

• TSBroadcaster 2 core software providing the Outputs, Operations, System Mgt and Task Mgt subsystems.
• TSBroadcaster 2 advanced software multiplexer (accessible through the "Outputs" tab).
• A suitable Unix-based server, typically an HP Proliant DL 360 G5 running RedHat EL4 or later.
• An ASI input/output card from Video Propulsion, Inc. GigE output is also as an output option.
• In the case of ASI output, the TSMux, subsystem.

TSBroadcaster systems can build multiple transport streams but may have no more than two stream outputs per system. For three or more play-outs, additional standalone TSPlayers are required for each pair of outputs. In such cases, play-outs are disabled from the TSBroadcaster system itself. For example, four transport streams can be accommodated with one TSBroadcaster and two standalone TSPlayers each with two outputs.

The total number of transport streams built by a TSBroadcaster system is of course dependent on the performance of the hardware platform on which the software is running. We would expect that more than six simultaneous stream builds will require a more powerful server than that of the standard TSBroadcaster configuration.

Failure recovery of TSPlayer systems can be administered by use of the Peer Group capabilities of TSBroadcaster. You can implement N+1 redundancy by allocation of a hot swappable spare TSPlayer and the appropriate configuration under System Mgt->Peer Management.