[mythtv-users] Comcast MPEG4 requirements?

[Jon Heizer]

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Jon Heizer <jheizer at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 7:25 AM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:00 AM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>> ....
>> > Just did a rescan on my HDHR. Yup, CMT has dropped off but Spike is
>> still there. And hey, 820 OWN has decided to show up.
>>
>> Well, if one has one of the (slightly) more expensive packages,
>> or lives in certain locations, Spike is still available.  In many
>> areas, CMT now requires the "sports package" add-on pack.
>> This made a lot of press in certain locations and on the
>> "usual" forums.
>>
>> The announcement can be seen at:  http://my.xfinity.com/channelhelp/
>>
>> As I believe you are in CA, you should now require the
>> digital preferred package to receive Spike (if you have
>> only digital starter, and your scan shows Spike still
>> available, I would try to actually tune the channel to
>> see if you can actually tune and receive it).
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>
>
> I just switched to Comcast and cable card yesterday so I was curious about
> this.  I have a ton of h264 stations in central IL.  Spot checking,
> Velocity, CNN, A&E, History, AMC, BBCA, etc
>
> Ones I noticed were mpeg2 still were ESPN and CNBC.
>
> The file sizes are crazy small.  About 1/3 of what the same show was via
> my HD-PVR.
>
> Jon
>


I also just realized this is why my TV wouldn't DNLA stream.  I was trying
to do that while my Mythtv system was down.  Not only would my LG tv not
play it, it would hard crash to tv to the point it power cycled itself.

Jon
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