Transport Stream capture with mcastdump tool

This document explains how to capture Transport Stream source from COMPANY_NAME device with mcastdump.exe tool.
  1. Connect to COMPANY_NAME device from Windows RDP client


  2. From the transcoder/encoder cmd start explorer and browse to D:\
  3. Copy/past mcastdump.exe to D:\ (see. Copy and paste from a remote computer)
  4. From cmd disable firewall netsh firewall set opmode disable

    C:\Windows\system32>netsh firewall set opmode disable

    IMPORTANT: Command executed successfully.
    However, "netsh firewall" is deprecated;
    use "netsh advfirewall firewall" instead.
    For more information on using "netsh advfirewall firewall" commands
    instead of "netsh firewall", see KB article 947709
    at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=121488 .

    Ok.

  5. From cmd browse to d:\ and start mcastdump.exe

    Command usage : mcastdump.exe [source_multicast_ip] [source_udp_port] [destination_file]

    C:\Windows\system32>d:

    D:\>mcastdump.exe 226.0.8.8 5009 capture.ts
    Receiving...
    *** listening ***
    Try to set buffer size to 6553600
    Receive buffer size : 6553600
    25934 kbps

  6. Stop capture by pressing CTRL+C keys. Capture file is available in D:\
  7. From cmd, enable firewall netsh firewall set opmode enable
  8. Copy/past captured file (see. Copy and paste from a remote computer) and send it to COMPANY_NAME.
  9. Close remote desktop session