Houses of the Oireachtas IPTV service on the Government Networks

This service changed to widescreen on 1 December 2006

Please note that this multicast IPTV service is only available on the Government Networks in Ireland.

That is, this service is available to Government Departments, Offices and Agencies connected to the Government Networks.

The televisions channels are converted from the SDI video format supplied by the Oireachtas Broadcasting Unit, and and provided as multicast MPEG4 at 1.2 MBit/sec. using digital encoders.

This service is provided in association with the Department of Finance.

Live coverage of the Dáil, Seanad, and 4 committee channels is now available.

The IPTV service can be viewed using a PC or using a STB (set top box) and a television with a SCART connection.

• PC Based
  • The client software required is made up of two components:
    • The Elecard MPEG Player (currently version 4.5 and costing US$20) and
    • the Elecard AVC PlugIn for MPEG Player (currently version 2.0 and costing US$30).
  • This software is available from http://www.elecard.com
  • Listed below are the minimum system requirements as well as the recommended system requirements. Due to the high level of processing required for multicast video streaming the recommended specifications will significantly improve the end user experience:
  • Hardware (Minimum Recommended)
    • Pentium III, Celeron, AMD, etc Pentium III/IV, AMD 2800+
    • 128 MB RAM 512 MB RAM
    • Any VGA Card Direct X Compliant
    • 15 MB Hard disk space 15 MB Hard disk space
  • Operating system
    • Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Windows 2000/XP
• STB Based
  • Using an Amino A124 Set Top Box the multicast channels can be viewed from a television equipped with a
    SCART socket. The 6 channels are then presented as channels 1 – 6 on the set top box.
  • The STB requires a standard power socket and an Ethernet connection on the LAN.
  • The STB can use both static and DHCP
    configured ip addresses.

The IPTV Gov MPEG4 service is available to Government Departments, Offices and agencies on the Government Networks, provided in association with the Department of Finance.