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Digital TV Receiver Projects - “Digital TV Hacks”
S. Jolly, G. Smith, A. Sheikh

Keywords
PieSpy, Project X, DVB Tools, DVB, VLC, SubStream, Open Tech 2005

Abstract
We describe a simple, cost-effective way of receiving DVB Transport Streams and processing them, to extract their internal data streams and repurpose (or “hack”) them in new and interesting ways. An example processing chain is detailed, in which information from subtitles is used to generate a graph depicting the social relationships within a TV programme. Some suggestions for innovative uses of broadcast content are offered to the reader.