[mythtv-users] mpeg2 channels

david.scott.day at gmail.com david.scott.day at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 02:44:54 UTC 2011


Robert,

Thanks,
Dave

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Robert McNamara wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM, <david.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yesterday I did a rescan on my HVR-1600 for OTA ATSC and was pleased to
> > find I have two ATSC new subchannels available, plus two new "Mpeg2"
> > subchannels from our local PBS station.
> >
> > I am unfamiliar with these "Mpeg2" channels.  should they be usable?
> > And if so how?
> >
> >
> They're actually referred to by the scanner as MPEG channels, not MPEG2.  A
> small but real distinction.  All this means is that the signalling on the
> channel was such that the scanner was unable to determine whether the
> channel was QAM/SCTE or DVB.  Because it lacks telltale characteristics of
> one of these, it is referred to as an MPEG channel.  It means that there's a
> chance that the channel is data only, but more likely it's a perfectly
> normal, usable channel that lacks the hallmarks the scanner is looking for
> to more specifically determine the channel type.  Add them, try them, and if
> they work as normal, great.
> 
> Robert

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