Digital TV Transport Stream Analyzer with TS Reader Professional software from CoolSTF.

Simply connect to the USB port of your laptop/PC and the bundled software transforms your PC into a Digital TV Transport Stream Analyzer. Perfect for the broadcast engineer to analyze data streams without spending tens of thousands of dollars. The perfect mobile solution for signal coverage troubleshooting!

STREAM-SLEUTH Features

• Decodes MPEG-2 tables with DVB, ATSC and Digicipher II extensions
• Decodes unscrambled MPEG-2 video in thumbnail format
• Decodes unscrambled MPEG-4 and H.264 video in thumbnail format
• Decodes unscrambled VC-1 video in thumbnail format
• Thumbnails can be exported as they are generated to JPEG files for remote monitoring via a web browser
• High speed parallel PMT parser
• Parallel video decoding (high end CPUs recommended)
• Parses MPEG, A/52 (AC3) and DTS audio streams to show bitrate/mode settings
• Indicates CC/DTVCC streams for ATSC streams and VBI/Teletext/Subtitle/WSS/VPS on DVB muxes
• Supports a wide range of MPEG-2 hardware input and output devices
• Transport streams can also be fed from a file
• Records the transport stream to a disk file
• Records an individual program to a disk file with PAT/PMT regeneration into files with a very flexible file naming scheme
• Decodes IP/DVB transmissions in MPE format with decodes of the MAC and IP destination addresses
• Can save the payload from TCP and UDP transmissions and act as a multicast UDP/IP/DVB router
• Generates PID usage graph with percentage displays for each PID
• Displays actual bitrate on PIDs carrying PCR and estimated bitrates for non PCR carrying PIDs
• PID graph is color coded to indicate unscrambled and scrambled PIDs
• Counts continuity and TEI errors on mux and PID-by-PID basis
• Variable resolution real-time or average charting
• Table report generation into HTML
• Export mux information to XML
• EPG data export to XMLTV format for use with myHTPC and other HTPC frontends
• Automatic transport stream recording and export for unattended operation
• Control over D-VHS decks for unattended HDTV recording (Windows XP)
• Supports plugins written for MultiDec
• Manually defined channels can be added to any multiplex
• Record PIDs from a mux either as separate files or combined in their received order
• Multiple card support in a single system with qualified drivers
• TCP/IP based remote control server to allow TSReader to be operated remotely by other software
• Graphing capability
• EPG grid for DVB and ATSC networks
• Record scheduling from EPG Grid using the standard Windows Scheduler
• Video mosaic shows all video streams in the mux
• Archiving mode - records all programs from all or some channels within a mux
• Profiles - different configurations for TSReader allowing multiple instances to run simultaneously
• EPG server to provide programming information to other TSReaders running in archiving mode
• Closed Caption (EIA-608) decoder for caption monitoring
• Stream monitor function with alarms (ETR 290 style)
• UDP Forwarder - routes programs or the entire mux to UDP unicast/multicast
• Custom descriptor decoding
• STREAM ANALYSIS Find PIDs in a mux quickly even if the MPEG-2 tables aren't correct
• Analyze new transmissions and get all the pertinent technical information about the mux in just a few seconds
• Record free-to-air SD and HD programs directly to the hard drive
• Record free-to-air HD programs directly to D-VHS decks
• Record the entire mux and later use TSReader as a demultiplexor to pull out the individual programs
• STREAM MONITORING Detects if an encoder is running correctly or how much bandwidth is being wasted on null or ghost packets
• Monitors JPEG thumbnails of free-to-air MPEG video to verify correct encoder operation
• Exports automatically DVB tables for real-off-air stream verification
• Transcodes the MPEG-2 stream in real-time with VLC to MPEG-4 and then streaming over the Internet - allows remote monitoring of the transmitted stream anywhere in the world
• STREAM VIEWING Stream free-to-air HD over Firewire to D-VHS decks for real-time decoding with no CPU load and no DirectShow filter issues
• Watch free-to-air SD live on the XBox with XBox Media Player
• Streams to VLC which can decode for playback, transcode for Internet streaming and a whole variety of other neat things
• Streams video over a network to a Roku HD-1000 HDTV player. Capable of handling MPEG-2 HD streams up to about 50 Mbps

COMPUTER REQUIRMENTS:

• WindowsXP-based PC
• 800 MHz or faster processor to insure packets aren't lost with SD streams
• 2.5 GHz or faster for HD
• A display with at least 1024 x 768 resolution