Realtime video generation and streaming to a set-top-box

[appel]

Hi all


I'm trying to make a server that streams a video that is realtime generated in software, on the server, to a set-top-box client.

Essentially the pipeline is something like this:

1. Some pixel buffer (image-buffer) generated in a software on the server at 24 fps (or so).
2. This image-buffer is dumped or sent to a processing software for each frame.
3. The processing software converts this raw image-buffer to a mpeg2 (or mpeg4) unicast stream
4. The set-top-box, which is "tuned" into the unicast stream, displays the resulting image.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this without writing the whole thing myself?

[themaster1]

VLC might be what you're looking for, it can broadcast via IPV6
http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch12.html