[mythtv-users] Channel 4 HD coming to freesat, really really this time.

[Andre]

On 12 Feb 2011, at 15:23, Douglas Mackay wrote:

> On 12 February 2011 14:32, Richard Morton <richard.e.morton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are you receiving programming or just a placeholder image? Is it an hd
>> transmission in test aleady?
>> 
> 
> It seems to broadcasting Channel 4HD as normal
> 
> ffmpeg info :-
> 
> Duration: 00:02:59.32, start: 43751.143344, bitrate: 9496 kb/s
>  Program 1
>    Stream #0.0[0x901]: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR
> 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
>    Stream #0.1[0x905](eng): Subtitle: 0x0006
>    Stream #0.2[0x904](eng): Subtitle: dvbsub
>    Stream #0.3[0x902](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s

Still tweaking it seems, mine looks subtly different:

  Duration: 00:05:55.12, start: 27530.005656, bitrate: 9523 kb/s
  Program 1 
    Stream #0.0[0x901]: Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0.1[0x904](eng): Subtitle: dvbsub
    Stream #0.2[0x902](eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s

Ands no sign of an audio description channel which the Sky transmission has, odd.

A friend in Germany tells me the signal is poor from this transponder, he sees lots of breakup, perhaps they are trying something "clever" to reduce the footprint and scanning Digital Spy and AVForums for reception reports :-)

Andre