[mythtv-users] ITV HD Listings Data...
Robert
RobertCL at iname.com
Sun Aug 17 08:40:31 UTC 2008
Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 13/08/2008, Robert <RobertCL at iname.com> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> ITV have started publishing info on their website[*] about which
>> programs will also be broadcast in HD - not exactly shouting about it
>> though :-(
>>
>> When I emailed them a few weeks ago pointing out that I didn't really
>> have the time to sit and wait for the "HD" logo to appear on the screen
>> and then "press the red button", they told me that they would be making
>> this data available to listings providers[**] - whatever that may mean
>> and also on the Freesat EPG. (I didn't bother to mention the fact that
>> I'd be hoping to record it anyway and hence skipping their ads ;-) )
>>
>> I know someone on the list has a contact with the Radio Times XMLTV
>> people and I was wondering if there was any way we could get this info
>> fed through there and into either the HDTV column in the database or as
>> a separate channel so that we could get an ITV-HD channel in the
>> listings. I've had a quite look in the XML for the offending program,
>> but there is nothing that I can see marking it as also in HD.
>
> I've requested the ITV HD channel be added - but I've not had any
> helpful replies from the Radio Times since May '08.
>
> If the data they provide can somehow flag whether programmes are HD,
> I'll be able to make sure that the XMLTV output makes this clear via
> the <video> element's quality attribute.
>
I guess it's probably not their highest priority - lets hope they get
round to it eventually. Thanks for trying!
My recording of The Mummy Returns from ITV HD had mixed success - I
missed the end of it! Probably just my mistake in setting up the manual
record.
As for the bit I did get, Myth played it back - just - and the quality
was excellent. Didn't seem very keen on seeking within the recording.
Crashed the frontend a few times while trying to do just that. Also had
a few problems with stuttering and pauses, which I think was due to the
endless logging of messages into the frontend logfile which caused it to
grow to 27Mb in size!
[h264 @ 0xb7344028]Interlaced pictures + spatial direct mode is not
implemente
Googling, this seems to be an ffmpeg problem in that they just haven't
implemented support for it.
Robert.
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