[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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