[mythtv-users] ITV HD Listings Data...

Steven Ellis steven at openmedia.co.nz
Mon Aug 18 05:13:22 UTC 2008


Robert wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
This is the same problem we have been having with the H.264 based
freeview|HD service in New Zealand. Take a look at the patches on this
site http://pkendall.homeip.net/

Steve

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OpenMedia Limited
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