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Astra (software)

Astra is a professional software to organize digital broadcasting service for TV operators and broadcasters, internet service providers, hotels, etc. Astra is an acronym for "advanced streaming application".

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Jun 12, 2026
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Astra
Original authorAndrey Dyldin
DeveloperCesbo Ltd.
Stable release
4.4 (July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25))
5.64 (November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22))
Written inANSI C
Operating systemLinux
TypeTelevision, digital video broadcasting
License4.4 GPLv3
5.64 Proprietary
Websitecesbo.com

Astra is a professional software to organize digital broadcasting service for TV operators and broadcasters, internet service providers, hotels, etc. Astra is an acronym for "advanced streaming application".

Astra supports many protocols and standards to receive channels from different sources. Received channels prepares and transmits into the IP network. Built-in scripting language (Lua) allow to customize business logic of the application.

Features

DVB, ATSC, ISDB-T

    • DVB, ATSC, ISDB-T
      • Introduction to DVB Adapter Tuning
      • SAT>IP Client
      • Options for DVB-S/S2
      • Options for DVB-C
      • Options for DVB-T/T2 and ISDB-T
      • Scan DVB Adapter
      • Descrambling channels with External DVB-CI
    • IP Sources
      • Receiving HLS
      • Receiving HTTP MPEG-TS
      • Receiving MPTS via UDP
      • Receiving RSTP
      • Receiving SRT ( caller или listenner )
      • Receiving UDP/RTP
  • Transmitting formats and standards:
  • Data processing:
    • Descrambling: DVB-CI
    • MPEG-TS demultiplexing – extract single channel from the multi-program transport stream
    • MPEG-TS multiplexing – combine several channels into single multi-program transport stream1
    • DVB-T2 MI decapsulation1
    • Analyzing MPEG-TS streams
    • Redundancy for incoming streams
    • MPEG-TS PID remapping and filtering
  • Other:
References

References

  1. Feature available only in proprietary version
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