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+OpenCaster is a collection of tools for Linux system to play out and
+multiplex MPEG2 transport stream format.
+
+Use-cases:
+  - MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv and others interactive tv standards object carousel
+    broadcast
+  - Playout of locally stored, offline encoded audio and video for non-live
+    tv and radio stations
+  - Multiplexing of input multicasted UDP transport stream to output
+    multicasted UDP transport stream
+  - VOD system based on mpeg2 transport stream over IP or over DVB for
+    walled garden network like hotels with coax or ethernet.
+  - DVB-SSU update
+  - Data casting
+  - IP encapsualtor
+  - PSI/SI generator
+  - EPG generator
+
+OpenCaster output has been successfully integrated with a long list of
+dvb products, among them there are products by Cisco/Scientific Atlanta,
+Ericsson/Tandberg, Dektec, Eurotek, Harmonic/Scopus, MainConcept, Mitan,
+Screen Service, Adtec, Wellav, Sr-Systems, Deltacast, ...
+Integration is tested and available on the Avalpa Broadcast Server
+
+OpenCaster has been tested with Rohde & Schwarz DVM100L, Rohde & Schwarz
+DVM 400, Dektec StreamXpert and a countless number of set top boxes,
+digital receivers and flat panels
+
+  - PSI generation (PAT, PMT, NIT, SDT, TDT, AIT, TOT, ...)
+  - EPG/EIT generation
+  - Object and data carousel generation and receivement (MHP, MHEG5, HbbTv,
+    DVB-SSU, DSMCC, ...)
+  - third party software AC-3, MPEG2 audio, MPEG2 video and H264 video
+    encoders support
+  - Audio Description generation support
+  - IP encapsulation (MPE)
+  - CBR transport stream muxing
+  - PCR stamping
+  - Null packet replacement
+  - PID filtering
+  - PID remapping
+  - Null packet insertion
+  - Video buffer verifier
+  - PCR timing verifier
+  - PES headers analyzer
+  - MPEG2 video and MPEG2/AC-3 audio ES header analyzer
+  - M2TS file generation from TS file