[mythtv] [Experiemental Patch] DVB now-next

Daniel Thor Kristjansson danielk at cat.nyu.edu
Fri Feb 20 09:08:57 EST 2004


I'm pretty sure from my experiences with HDTV that reconstructed PES
packets do not have their CRC checked, or at least are not disposed of
properly if they are checked. Does DVB also use TS packets?

-- Daniel

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Ivor Hewitt wrote:

]On Friday 20 February 2004 11:35, John Pullan wrote:
]> I thought the data coming through should be crc checked, but I seem to
]> get errors. I need to investigate more to see what's happening.
]>
]Yes, just noticed that myself. Perhaps validating the date/time ranges
]during parse and throwing away the data on an error would be enough?  Just
]piling in some extra debug couts at the moment to try and see where the
]corruption is.
]It seems like it might indeed be signal quality related, if I tune to a mux
]that is high quality the data seems fine... but on a poorer signal strength
]one the corruptions start to appear, so that would seem to tie in.
]
]> > Also, I am told that the Crystal Palace transmitter is joining the
]> > trial of the 7-day EPG in a week or so, which should allow more
]> > significant testing :-)
]>
]Hmm, wonder if it'll come off the Reigate relay too?
]
]


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