What is IPTV? What is IPTV in the router. Instructions for setting up IPTV

Broadcast telecasts can be carried out through a variety of technologies. Among those that are steadily gaining popularity in Russia - IPTV. This broadcast format assumes the use of online channels as the main resource for data transmission. What are the principles of IPTV operation? What are the nuances of setting up equipment designed to organize TV viewing in the appropriate format?

The essence of IPTV

What is IPTV? This technology allows you to broadcast television signals via an Internet channel. In this case, the use of any additional communication resources - an antenna or a satellite dish - is not required. The main advantage that gives IPTV - the ability to create a picture of exceptionally high quality, accompanied by a beautiful sound.

Also, through various online tools, television in an appropriate format can be interactive. Broadcasts that are carried out with the help of IPTV, the viewer can record or, for example, bookmark (if the TV features are allowed to do).

Any number of channels

What is IPTV? This is an opportunity to organize the transfer of channels in almost any number (with sufficient bandwidth cable provider). The appropriate broadcasting format allows you to watch the broadcasts not only through the TV, but also through a computer and many other devices - tablets, smartphones.

Data transmission technology

From a technological point of view, broadcasting of TV shows via IPTV is carried out in one of the popular file formats, for example MPEG4. With the help of special technical means, the corresponding multimedia streams are deciphered and converted into signals recognized by a conventional TV. Or, if the device, through which you view, - the computer, immediately transferred to the player program.

Specification of translation

IPTV channels, like Internet sites, have their own addresses. They usually look in this format - udp: //@1.1.1.1: x (instead of the corresponding numbers and letters at the end of the address, those that are set by the provider are prescribed). Broadcasting is carried out in the so-called "multicast" format: that is, several devices can be connected to the device distributing the broadcast stream simultaneously and receive the same picture quality. This is the difference between this format of data transfer from online video viewing, when the ability to simultaneously view the video from different devices is limited by the bandwidth of the provider's channel .

What is IPTV, we found out. Now we will study the nuances concerning the settings of devices with which the user can view TV channels in the appropriate format.

IPTV via router

Modern providers, as a rule, organize the broadcasting of telecasts in the format of IPTV through a router - a device capable of "distributing" the Internet, and in this case a "multicast" to different devices - via wires or Wi-Fi channels. What is the specificity of the relevant mechanism? What is IPTV in the router?

Built-in standards support

Most modern routers include support for the considered television broadcasting standard at the level of hardware components and low-level software. All you need to do to the user is to correctly activate the corresponding function of the device. The algorithm for solving this problem depends heavily on the particular device, on the standards adopted by one or another router manufacturer. We will study the specifics of tuning some popular Russian devices of this type.

ASUS routers: setting up IPTV

What is the IPTV in the router, we determined - it is hardware-software support realized by the device manufacturer-manufacturer of the appropriate broadcasting format. ASUS is among the world's leaders in the segment of wireless routers, and it also manufactures devices compatible with IPTV. ASUS RT-G32 routers are common in Russia. We will study what is the specificity of setting up this device in terms of using the interactive television broadcasting function.

Experts identify several possible ways of setting this device from ASUS. To implement the first, you must, first of all, enter the online device management interface. Typically, for this you need to type in any browser address 192.168.1.1 (or one that will be indicated in the instructions attached to the router), after - enter the login and password, most often both, and the other - admin (but there may be others - Again, see the user manual).

On the page of the online management interface of the router, you must enter the LAN point, then select the "Route" tab. Then tick (or, if you will, the "radio button") in front of the point about activating multicast routing. After that, save the settings by clicking the "Apply" button. The next step is to determine the router port, which will be used to broadcast IPTV channels. To do this, select the WAN in the window of the online device management interface, then select the "Internet connection" item, and then specify the required port number.

There is another option, with which you can configure IPTV broadcast through the device in question. To do this, you need to go back to the LAN section, and then select the "Route" item. Then we put a tick that confirms the activation of multicast routing. After that, in IPTV UDP it is necessary to choose the port number - you can put any. After that, save the settings by clicking the "Apply" button.

The considered device from ASUS is certainly not the only one in which IPTV support is implemented. What is it, we now know. We will also study other routers that are common in the Russian market in terms of correctly setting the appropriate standard for television broadcasting in them. Among other leaders of the world market of routers - the company D-Link. Among the most popular routers in Russia from this brand are the DIR-615 and DIR-320 models. Let's consider the details of their settings.

D-Link routers: setting up IPTV

Just like with the ASUS device, we go first of all to the online device management interface (the address with which you can access it, as well as the login and password, look in the user manual that accompanies the router). The interface of the router in question, in contrast to what is installed to work with the device from ASUS, is English.

The first step is to go to the Advanced tab (that is, "Advanced settings"), then - to Advanced Network. After that it is necessary to tick the Enable UPnP ("Enable UPnP") and Enable Multicast Streams checkboxes. After that, we save the corresponding settings. In principle, this is where the work with the router in the part of activating the required function is completed.

Some nuances are characterized by IPTV tuning in another popular router from D-Link - the DIR 320 model. What is its specificity? How the routers support IPTV, what it is, we already know. The general principles of ensuring the compatibility of the router with the corresponding technology in this case do not differ from those that are implemented in other routers.

However, the interface of this router differs from the others in that it does not directly display items called IPTV or Multicast, which allow the user to uniquely identify them as those needed to tune the television in the appropriate format. However, support for IPTV technology in this router is fully implemented. The company D-Link, released the device, of course, knew at the time of its introduction to the market, what is IPTV-TV, and ensured the compatibility of the device with it.

The first thing that needs to be done during the configuration of the DIR-320 router is entering the online interface (the way it is accessed is the same as in the case of previous devices - via the browser at the address, login and password specified in the manual ), Find Internet connection settings and activate the IGMP and NAT options in them.

After that, experts recommend acting according to the following algorithm. You need to delete the active WAN connection - in order to configure a new one instead. To do this, go to WAN, then click the "Delete" button. After that, nothing should be displayed in the connection list. We keep the corresponding changes.

Next, select the "Advanced" option in the online device management interface, then VLAN and Lan. After that, we select the Lan port and delete the one that is registered at number 4. Only ports 1, 2 and 3 will remain thus. After that, we save the corresponding changes. The VLAN menu should display only the remaining ports. It is necessary to press the "Save" button again - the one that is on top right, after which the device should reboot.

What is IPTV? This is, above all, a stream of data distributed separately from the main Internet channel. Therefore, to organize its translation, it is necessary to send the signal of the provider to a separate port. In this way, we add the LAN port number 4 to the VLAN-wan . It is necessary to select the "Advanced" option in the online interface of the router management. A window will open, in which there will be a list of ports - from them and you need to select the one that has the number 4. It's added to the VLAN-wan. Save the changes.

After all the actions you have done, go to the "Network" of the online interface, select the "Connection" option, then create a WAN connection using the parameters from the provider.

Modern solutions in the field of IPTV

So, we determined what IPTV-TV is, learned what the nuances of its settings are when using popular routers. Of course, the appropriate broadcasting format can be implemented in a variety of ways. So, for example, there is such a solution as SS IPTV, or Simple Smart IPTV. This application is adapted for LG TVs. What is Smart IPTV in terms of basic functions? First of all, it is a tool that gives the user the opportunity to access the widest range of channels, and also to view them comfortably. What is SS IPTV in terms of additional features? It is a tool that allows, along with television content, also to access video from the sotsete and popular hosting.

Classic Instruments

SS IPTV is an example of an innovative solution. Many users are also willing to use "classic" tools, such as IPTV channels. What is their specificity? What are IPTV channels? At the beginning of the article, we noted that broadcasts in the appropriate format have their own address, similar to the corresponding attribute of the website. Each of them corresponds to a separate IPTV-channel. These addresses, for example, can be used to access broadcasts via a computer.

Based on channels, you can create playlists. What it is? What is an IPTV playlist ? These are lists of channels that the user has formed for himself, just as he can do in multimedia players or on online audio listening services or watching video clips.

Prefixes

Many Internet TV lovers like to use special prefixes for viewing channels. What is their specificity? IPTV console - what is it? This device, which allows you to send a signal from the provider in the appropriate stream format to the TV directly. Thus, there is no need to configure the router.

Services for organizing TV-translations via the Internet are provided by most of the largest Internet providers in Russia. Thanks to them, very many citizens know what IPTV is. Rostelecom, TTK and other giants of the IT market are successfully supplying relevant services throughout the country. Internet television is becoming one of the most popular broadcast formats in Russia.