[mythtv-users] Subchannels possible with PVR-150?
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Mon Apr 14 16:16:06 UTC 2008
On Apr 14, 2008, at 9:44 AM, David Brieck Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Andrew Roazen
> <andrew.roazen at nau.edu> wrote:
>>
>> No, I mean audio subchannels. In some cases this means separate
>> language tracks, but with our cable company that means that channel
>> 87 has something like ten radio stations under it -- on her TV
>> display we see them as 87-00 through 87-09 with a blank screen. We
>> also notice that her TV seems able to pop a box with information
>> about the current network and show, something I presume Myth's
>> onscreen box gets from its listings rather than the cable signal
>> itself (but I could be mistaken here).
>>
>>
>
> I think what you're seeing here are QAM channels, not audio sub
> channels. I think you can only have like 2 or 3 separate audio
> channels for SAP, etc. which makes me think her new TV has a QAM tuner
> in it.
Sounds like it (no pun intended).
MultiChannel Television sound has a stereo main audio, a SAP and a Pro
channel. Virtually no consumer devices receive the Pro channel, so
analog TV can have only one secondary audio channel.
The OP is describing QAM channels, not receivable with a PVR-150.
beww
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