TSPLAY(1)

💖 TSPLAY ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to tsplay — the manual page for the little command that streams a file 💅 it's from the Debian General Commands Manual besties, and honestly? she's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

tsplay — stream a file 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tsplay -help [subject]
tsplay [-details] [-err stdout] [-err stderr] [-quiet | -q]
       [-verbose | -v] [-loop] [-max max_pkts | -m max_pkts]
       [-mcastif mcast_if | -i mcast_if] [-tcp | -udp] in_file | -stdin
       host[:port] | -output out_file | -o out_file | -stdout

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so basically, tsplay is out here acting as a server that plays the given file for you 💫 and like, that file can contain Transport Stream or Program Stream data. but here's the tea — the output is always Transport Stream. no cap. periodt. 🔥

🍓 Input 🍓

• in_file — input comes from the named H.222 TS file bestie 💜
• -stdin — input is coming straight from standard input ✨

🦋 Output 🦋

• host[:port] — normally the output goes to a named host. if you don't specify a port, it just defaults to 88 like it's no big deal 💅 and the output defaults to UDP.
• -o out_file, -output out_file — output goes to the file out_file instead 🎀
• -tcp — output to the host is via TCP 🔥
• -udp — output to the host is via UDP. [default] ✨
• -stdout — output goes to standard output. and the way that it forces -quiet and -err stderr?? obsessed 😭
• -i mcast_if, -mcastif mcast_if — okay so IF the output is via UDP, and the host is a multicast address, then mcast_if is the IP address of the network interface to use 🦋 ngl though — this may not be supported on some versions of Windows 🙈

💜 General Switches 💜

• -details — prints out more detailed help info, including some of the less common options 👀 iykyk
• -err stdout — write error messages to standard output (this is the default btw) ✨
• -err stderr — write error messages to standard error (the Unix traditional way, vintage queen 💅)
• -v, -verbose — outputs additional diagnostic messages 🫶
• -q, -quiet — suppresses informational and warning messages (shhh 🤫)
• -help — summarises the subjects that can be specified
• -help subject — show help on a particular subject 🌸
• -m max_pkts, -max max_pkts — maximum number of TS/PS packets to read. peep -details for more information bestie 💖
• -loop — play the input file repeatedly 🔁 and yes, it can be combined with -max ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

tsinfo(1), pcapreport(1) — go give these icons a read too, fr fr 💅

Debian 🌸 October 28, 2015 🎀 that's the vibe, that's the date, that's the whole source bestie — now go stream something iconic 💖✨🦋