[mythtv-users] ASTC~NSTC

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/19/2013 03:30 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 08/16/2013 02:33 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>> The wiki covering general back end set up (written at the time of .21)
>>> says "TV format" options include ASTC, NSTC, etc... In the distro I'm
>>> using, .25, "TV Format" options start at NSTC with many other options
>>> except ASTC. My set up is functional, so I'm not complaining, just curious,
>>> Why can't I select ASTC? I'm using one analog card and one digital card at
>>> the moment so any insights would be appreciated.
>> You would set it to NTSC for an ATSC system.  The setting isn't really
>> used too much for ATSC, but choosing NTSC would allow you to use other
>> things you might see in an ATSC area, such as NTSC via
>> S-Video/Composite/... outputs from your old VCR or whatever.
> Agreed, that is what I selected, I just wondered why, if a wiki from a 0.21
> distro professed an ATSC option, 0.25 doesn't offer one.
> If I upgrade to 0.26 will I get an ATSC option? Would it even be useful
> when I receive only 25 digital channels and some 75 analog channels?

No, it's gone.  In 0.21, we actually had code that needed to know 
whether most of your content was ATSC or NTSC, but now the ATSC code 
generally just does the right thing.  Whether we'll ever change the 
user-visible string or help text for the value, I can't say.

Mike