Deltacast Videomaster Receiver

▶ Run Locally Authors: Laurent Radoux (DELTACAST), Pierre PERICK (DELTACAST)
Supported platforms: x86_64, aarch64
Language: Python, C++
Last modified: January 12, 2026
Latest version: 1.0
Minimum Holoscan SDK version: 3.0.0
Tested Holoscan SDK versions: 3.6.0
Contribution metric: Level 2 - Trusted

This application demonstrates the use of videomaster_source to receive and display video streams from a Deltacast capture card using Holoviz for visualization.

Requirements

This application uses the DELTACAST.TV capture card for input stream. Contact DELTACAST.TV for more details on how to access the SDK and setup your environment.

Build Instructions

See instructions from the top level README on how to build this application. Note that this application requires to provide the VideoMaster_SDK_DIR if it is not located in a default location on the system. This can be done with the following command, from the top level Holohub source directory:

./holohub build --local deltacast_receiver --configure-args="-DVideoMaster_SDK_DIR=<Path to VideoMasterSDK>"

Run Instructions

C++ Application

From the build directory, run the command:

./applications/deltacast_receiver/cpp/deltacast_receiver

Python Application

From the build directory, run the command:

python3 applications/deltacast_receiver/python/deltacast_receiver.py