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// TSDuck - The MPEG Transport Stream Toolkit
// Copyright (c) 2005-2025, Thierry Lelegard
// BSD-2-Clause license, see LICENSE.txt file or https://tsduck.io/license
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=== ip (input)

[.cmd-header]
UDP/IP unicast or multicast input

This input plugin receives TS packets from UDP/IP, multicast or unicast.

The received UDP datagrams are analyzed and all TS packets are extracted.
Optional extra data at the beginning of the datagram (such as RTP headers) are discarded.

Using this plugin forces `tsp` and all plugins to use their real-time defaults (see the reference documentation for `tsp`).

[.usage]
Input timestamps

When the input is an RTP stream, the RTP timestamp value is used as input timestamp by `tsp`.

On Linux systems, the kernel reports a system timestamp for each UDP datagram.
This value is used as input timestamp by `tsp` for all TS packets in the UDP datagram.

[.usage]
Usage

[source,shell]
----
$ tsp -I ip [options] [[source@]address:]port
----

[.usage]
Parameter

[.opt]
_[[source@]address:]port_

[.optdoc]
The parameter `_[address:]port_` describes the destination of UDP packets to receive.
The `_port_` part is mandatory and specifies the UDP port to listen on.
The `_address_` part is optional.
It specifies an IP multicast address to listen on.
It can be also a host name that translates to a multicast address.

[.optdoc]
An optional source address can be specified as `_source@address:port_` in the case of source-specific multicast (SSM).

[.optdoc]
If the address is not specified, the plugin simply listens on the specified local port
and receives the packets which are sent to one of the local (unicast) IP addresses of the system.

[.usage]
UDP reception options

[.opt]
*-b* _value_ +
*--buffer-size* _value_

[.optdoc]
Specify the UDP socket receive buffer size in bytes (socket option).

[.opt]
*--default-interface*

[.optdoc]
Let the system find the appropriate local interface on which to listen.
By default, listen on all local interfaces.

[.opt]
*--disable-multicast-loop*

[.optdoc]
Disable multicast loopback.

[.optdoc]
By default, incoming multicast packets are looped back on local interfaces,
if an application sends packets to the same group from the same system.
This option disables this.

[.optdoc]
*Warning*: On input sockets, this option is effective only on Windows systems.
On {unix}, this option applies only to output sockets.

[.opt]
*-f* +
*--first-source*

[.optdoc]
Filter UDP packets based on the source address.
Use the sender address of the first received packet as only allowed source.

[.optdoc]
This option is useful when several sources send packets to the same destination address and port.
Accepting all packets could result in a corrupted stream and only one sender shall be accepted.

[.optdoc]
To allow a more precise selection of the sender, use option `--source`.
Options `--first-source` and `--source` are mutually exclusive.

[.opt]
*-l* _address_ +
*--local-address* _address_

[.optdoc]
Specify the IP address of the local interface on which to listen.
It can be also a host name that translates to a local address.
By default, listen on all local interfaces.

[.opt]
*--no-reuse-port*

[.optdoc]
Disable the reuse port socket option.
Do not use unless completely necessary.

[.opt]
*--receive-timeout* _value_

[.optdoc]
Specify the UDP reception timeout in milliseconds.
This timeout applies to each receive operation, individually.
By default, receive operations wait for data, possibly forever.

[.opt]
*-r* +
*--reuse-port*

[.optdoc]
Set the reuse port socket option.
This is now enabled by default, the option is present for legacy only.

[.opt]
*--rs204*

[.optdoc]
Specify that all packets are in 204-byte format.
By default, the input packet size, 188 or 204 bytes, is automatically detected.
Use this option only when necessary.

[.opt]
*-s* _address[:port]_ +
*--source* _address[:port]_

[.optdoc]
Filter UDP packets based on the specified source address.

[.optdoc]
This option is useful when several sources send packets to the same destination address and port.
Accepting all packets could result in a corrupted stream and only one sender shall be accepted.

[.optdoc]
Options `--first-source` and `--source` are mutually exclusive.

[.opt]
*--ssm*

[.optdoc]
This option forces the usage of _source-specific multicast_ (SSM)
using the source address which is specified by the option `--source`.
Without `--ssm`, standard ("any-source") multicast is used and the option `--source` is used to filter incoming packets.

[.optdoc]
The `--ssm` option is implicit when the classical SSM syntax _source@address:port_ is used.

[.usage]
Other options

[.opt]
*-d* _value_ +
*--display-interval* _value_

[.optdoc]
Specify the interval in seconds between two displays of the evaluated real-time input bitrate.
The default is to never display the bitrate.
This option is ignored if `--evaluation-interval` is not specified.

[.opt]
*-e* _value_ +
*--evaluation-interval* _value_

[.optdoc]
Specify that the real-time input bitrate shall be evaluated on a regular basis.
The value specifies the number of seconds between two evaluations.
By default, the real-time input bitrate is never evaluated
and the input bitrate is evaluated from the PCR in the input packets.

[.opt]
*--timestamp-priority* _name_

[.optdoc]
Specify how the input timestamp of each packet is computed.

[.optdoc]
The name specifies an ordered list of timestamp sources.
The first available timestamp value is used as input timestamp.
The name must be one of `rtp-kernel-tsp`, `kernel-rtp-tsp`, `kernel-tsp`, `rtp-tsp`, `tsp`.

[.optdoc]
The possible timestamp sources are:

[.optdoc]
* `rtp`: The RTP time stamp, when the UDP packet is an RTP packet.
* `kernel`: A kernel-provided timestamp for the packet, when available (Linux only).
* `tsp`: A software timestamp, provided by `tsp` when the input plugin returns a chunk of packets.
  The `tsp`-provided timestamp is always available, always comes last and is less precise.

[.optdoc]
The default is `rtp-kernel-tsp`.

include::{docdir}/opt/group-common-inputs.adoc[tags=!*]
