[mythtv-users] Comcast MPEG4 requirements?

[Kirk Bocek]

On March 30, 2016 8:11:45 AM GMT+02:00, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>.....
>> Same here. Six days later. I just checked MSNBC and CC again. Still
>MPEG-2.
>
>Since you mentioned you have a HDHR-3CC, you should be
>aware that with the latest beta firmware that a channel lineup
>shows the encodings that are detected
>
>http://<ip>/lineup.json?tuning
>
>will include in the hash the values such as:
>  "VideoCodec":"MPEG2",
>  "AudioCodec":"AC3"
>
>(H264 rather than MPEG2 for, you guessed it, H.264)
>
>You can also scan down the web page that shows
>the channels and see a "AVC" for H.264 channels.
>
>Obviously (since the codecs can technically change
>at any time) this is a snapshot of the stream, but
>given the realities of (mostly) stable codecs, it probably
>provides you with the info you are interested in.
>
>I suspect that you may need to force a "Detect Channels"
>scan from the channels web page on the device to get
>the latest and greatest status (the device also does a
>background scan every so often to pick up new, updated,
>or deleted channels, but that is at some future time).
>
>Last I knew the latest prime beta firmware was only
>being packaged in the beta windows hdhomerun
>build available in their DVR beta forums (i.e. no
>standalone firmware file, so either a windows system
>or a VM is needed (Microsoft makes test VM images
>available of most of their platforms)).
>
>AFAIK, OWNHD is still the only (greater) SF Bay Area
>channel being transmitted in H.264 (but since I just
>put that in writing, it is probably no longer a true
>statement).  Other locations have a different schedule.

I stopped updating my firmware after some whining that some feature or other was interfering. I think I'm on a 2014 version.

I check the others from time to time but So far 820 OWN is the only h264 channel I see.