The Framecastic IPTV Server is the headend the rest of the line feeds. It receives MPEG-TS/UDP from the encoders and redistributes 100+ simultaneous channels over UDP multicast and unicast, HTTP-TS, HLS for mobile and web, and WebRTC for low-latency browser playback. It also carries the channel catalogue: grouping, logos, M3U generation and automatic provisioning of the set-top boxes that consume it.
Signal Flow: One Ingest, Four Ways Out
MPEG-TS / UDP In
From the encoders
Catalogue and Distribution
Channel management, auto-reconnect
Out
Multicast · HTTP-TS · HLS · WebRTC
Key Features
- 100+ simultaneous channels
- Output over UDP multicast and unicast, HTTP-TS, HLS and WebRTC
- In-browser live preview and playback in the web dashboard
- Real-time per-channel viewer count
- Automatic active-stream detection and always-on auto-reconnect when an encoder restarts
- Set-top boxes auto-discover the server and receive their channel list from the channel API
- Channel add, edit and delete; grouping and categories; channel logos
- M3U playlist generation at /api/playlist.m3u for VLC and STB compatibility
- Redundant power supplies
- REST API and web dashboard
Input
| Sources | MPEG-TS/UDP, multicast and unicast |
| Video Codec | H.264 |
| Audio Codec | AAC, Opus |
| Resilience | Automatic active-stream detection, always-on auto-reconnect on encoder restart |
Output and Catalogue
| Channels | 100+ simultaneous |
| Protocols | UDP multicast and unicast, HTTP-TS, HLS, WebRTC |
| Playlist | M3U generation at /api/playlist.m3u |
| Catalogue | Channel add / edit / delete, grouping and categories, channel logos |
| Provisioning | STBs auto-discover the server and pull the channel list from the API |
| Metrics | Real-time per-channel viewer count |
| Preview | In-browser live playback in the dashboard |
Models
| FC-SRV-IPTV | IPTV distribution server, 100+ channels, 1 RU, redundant PSU. Price on request. |
Software licences are perpetual: buy once, own it. An optional annual SLA covers support and firmware. Prices on request. Supplied turn-key units ship pre-validated with the OS, kernel and GPU driver stack pinned.
Product
Management & Monitoring
| API | RESTful JSON (status, control, config) |
| Web UI | On-device dashboard, login required |
| Stream Health | Per-stream state machine with watchdog restart on process failure |
| Monitoring | Per-channel status and system health via the API |
| Updates | Applied by the manufacturer over a route the customer allows; no customer self-service update today |
Physical & Environmental, Warranty
| Form Factor | 1 RU rack-mount |
| Server Platform | 1U SuperMicro with redundant PSU |
| Network | 10 GbE recommended, on separate NICs |
| Bandwidth | Multicast is per-stream regardless of viewer count; unicast, HLS and WebRTC scale with the number of viewers. Size the network for the output mix. |
| Environment | 0 °C to +40 °C · 10–90% RH, non-condensing |
| Regulatory | Certification status to be confirmed |
| Warranty | 2 years hardware, 1 year software updates, included |
Not in This Release
- H.264 input; AAC and Opus audio
- No customer-driven update: updates are applied by the manufacturer over a route the customer allows