---
name: "rtpfeed"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvbstream"
version: "0.6+cvs20090621-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rtpfeed"
---

# rtpfeed(1)

Feed a DVB-S card with an RTP unicast/multicast/broacast stream

## NAME

rtpfeed - Feed a DVB-S card with an RTP  unicast/multicast/broacast stream

## SYNOPSIS

**rtpfeed \[ *--group group* \] \[ *--port port R\]*** \[ *--vpid vpid* \]  \[ *--apid apid* \]

**rtpfeed *--help***

**rtpfeed *--version***

## DESCRIPTION

**rtpfeed** takes a unicast, multicast or broadcast RTP stream from a network  (typically generated by  **dvbstream** running on a server) and feeds it to a DVB-S card for decoding and display.

As an RTP transport stream from **dvbstream** can contain multiple (up to eight) video streams and audio streams, the streams to display may be explicitly named on the command line.

## OPTIONS

- **-g**, **--group** *addr*

  The IP address of the RTP stream. By default, this is  *224.0.1.2*.

- **-p**, **--port** *portnum*

  The IP port of the RTP stream. By default, this is *5004*.

- **-v**, **--vpid** *vpid*

  The Video PID of the video stream to display. If none is specified, all present are fed to the DVB card.

- **-v**, **--apid** *apid*

  The Audio PID of the audio stream to display. If none is specified, all present are fed to the DVB card.

- **--help**

  display this help and exit

- **--version**

  output version information and exit

## SEE ALSO

[**dvbstream**(1)](/dvbstream/1.md), [**dumprtp**(1)](/dumprtp/1.md), and [**ts2es**(1)](/ts2es/1.md)

## HISTORY

Parts of this program were taken from dumprtp.c by David Podeur.

## AUTHORS

**rtpfeed** was writteb by  Guenter Wildmann, \<g.wildmann@it-lab.at\>,\
  with parts taken from dumprtp.c by David Podeur.

This man page was written by Alastair McKinstry, \<mckinstry@computer.org\>.