BBC HD is on !!

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 10:06

Hearing that BBC HD is already on:

Astra 28.2°E 10847 V 22000
MPEG-4 DVB-S
Channel name: "6940"

Cant check right now - could someone try ??

Thanks, Caesar

bayards · 28/04/06 - 10:25

I'm rushing downstairs now - hang on!!!

Howard (back from Africa)

bayards · 28/04/06 - 10:34

Nope - and had a look with DVB-S2 as well

There are several BBC 1 variants on that channel (Channel Islands) and some T4 spin-offs but nowt else.

H

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 10:38

What receiver do you have ? The guy who posted the info has a Pace DS810XE

The guy also says he can watch Discovery HD on Astra 28.2°E 12324 V 28250 / MPEG-4 DVB-S2. Not encrypted, as per the info on Lyngsat

remlap · 28/04/06 - 10:45

Its using a special type of encoding its not HD its upscalled to whatever.

I cant decode it using regular standard h.264 codecs that other broadcasters are using.

bayards · 28/04/06 - 10:45

Humax PRD-HD1000 (MPEG 4 and DVB-S plus DVB-S2).

H

I'll check the Discovery too....

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 10:54

Strange... Looks like the Pace DS810XE is the one to have...

bayards · 28/04/06 - 10:54

Nope - all the Sky channels are beaming strong signals using DVB-S2 - but as usual nothing to lock on to. Although Lyngsat shows Discovery as "clear" - there has been no updates on www.kingofsat.net since mid March....

H

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 10:56

Why the h*ll cant the Humax 1000/2000 lock on to these channels while the PACE can ?? I'm getting worried we wont be able to receive BBC HD at all on our Humaxes, at least with the current firmware

andybno1 · 28/04/06 - 10:59

apparently BBC HD will be available on Sky from 15th May

remlap · 28/04/06 - 11:04

caesar_augustus wrote:

Why the h*ll cant the Humax 1000/2000 lock on to these channels while the PACE can ?? I'm getting worried we wont be able to receive BBC HD at all on our Humaxes, at least with the current firmware

Its to with the encoding!

Its using MBAFF (mixture of interlaced and progressive macroblocks within a frame)

Whatever that means.

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 11:06

Is there still some hope that Humax will release an appropriate firmware ?! Has anyone mentioned to them the problem ?

bayards · 28/04/06 - 11:32

Others users on this forum (and AVSFORUMS) with Pace have said they can't see Sky HD yet either....

H

bayards · 28/04/06 - 11:36

http://scien.stanford.edu/2005projects/ee398/projects/reports/Guerrero%20Chan%20Tsang%20-%20Project%20Report%20-%20Fast%20Macroblock%20Adaptive%20Coding%20in%20H264.pdf

some light reading....

H

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 11:47

Video is at 17.6Mbits.

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 11:53

Thanks bayards

Weird - the source seemed to be relatively reliable... will investigate

[Deleted User] · 28/04/06 - 11:54

vbsx - not sure what you mean but HUMAX HDCI-2000 specs sheet says "Input Rate: 15 MB/s Max". Does this have any link ? Could that be one of the problems ?

Alex Oughton · 28/04/06 - 13:54

15 MB/s would be eight times the speed of 15mbits/sec, making it considerably faster than the reported 17.6mbit...

So I'd wager: "no".

Rd100 · 28/04/06 - 14:03

I had that receiver the 810 i had three replacements as they have bad firnware and hardware problems, I am going to get the humax 2000 or wait untill the technomates hd receiver comes out in september

caesar_augustus wrote:

What receiver do you have ? The guy who posted the info has a Pace DS810XE

The guy also says he can watch Discovery HD on Astra 28.2°E 12324 V 28250 / MPEG-4 DVB-S2. Not encrypted, as per the info on Lyngsat

jimbo · 28/04/06 - 18:58

So can anyone with a Pace 1000XE please check this channel to see what is on it (vision). The sound appears to be the current play-out of BBC1 (not continuity) but what is on picture? Thanks. Video PID is 090E (2318).

[Deleted User] · 29/04/06 - 08:17

Not that I know much about the whole thing, but someone mentioned kingofsat.net and I thought I'd have to take a look at a website called that and this is what I read.

From update 28-04-06

BBC HD Live Playout is testing in DVB-S Clear on 10847.00MHz, pol.V SR:22000 FEC:5/6 SID:6940 PID:2318/2319 English,2320 English. MPEG-4

bayards · 29/04/06 - 08:30

Yes I mentioned kingofsat. They haven't put those details into the HD listing page yet - so perhaps it is an intermittent test. No sign on the Humax of that channel at 0829 on Sat 29 April....

H

Hellicopter · 29/04/06 - 12:08

The channel is obviously there.Even found it on my Echostar as a radio channel but with no video pid.
Whilst it is a test , they are obviously not transmitting the video pid which needs to be entered manually.
Shame we cannot do this on the Humax.

Still , should be fine once they go to full transmission.
(above with help from Muf)

Alan

System · 29/04/06 - 13:09

Hurry up BBC and put a picture there. I want to know what satellite equipment would be compatible with this, assuming it remains DVB-S.

Hellicopter · 29/04/06 - 13:16

BBC have stated it will switch to DVB S-2 at some point.

Alan

System · 29/04/06 - 14:11

Hellicopter wrote:

BBC have stated it will switch to DVB S-2 at some point.

Alan

I don't expect it during the trial, certainly not in the early stages (World Cup, Wimbledon).

They need a whole transponder to broadcast DVB-S2 on, right now they only have 1 channel. Considering Sky use 1 transponder for 4 HD channels I can't see the BBC squandering that much bandwidth for their trial.

If its DVB-S until the World Cup Final I'd be a happy man.

Hey there!

Quick Links

BBC HD is on !!

Comments