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    1. R

      EPG/Now-Next on Freesat

      Personally I've duplicated some recordings on to my HDR-Fox-T2 as last night's CBB was missed on the -HDR (despite being marked/scheduled) * . Eastenders worked fine though. * A happy wife = a happy life. These events happen, but pretty rarely in the grand scheme. Broadcaster errors with...
    2. R

      EPG/Now-Next on Freesat

      From a very quick look earlier (1745) and the Now/Next seem to have the correct times. Was certainly an issue at 1030 or so. I notified BBC RA a bit later than that, not had any reply yet (and may never get one). Nothing noted under faults on their website.
    3. R

      EPG/Now-Next on Freesat

      Mine failed to record stuff yesterday evening BBC, ITV1 and C4 - despite being shown in the schedule and main EPG seeming OK with red record icons. Now and next was, however, stuck at around 1700-ish?? DigitalSpy has a thread on the same. Probably wise to report issue to Freesat and/or BBC...
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      U&W not decoding

      Foxsat-HD doesn't have one. The Foxsat-HDR will boot as a tuner-only device without the disk in/connected I believe. Never done it myself. Never had the need (and it would be a pita to get the box out of the cabinet disconnect the interconnects and open it up to do so).
    5. R

      U&W not decoding

      Factory reset does not format disk (HDD) on a Humax Foxsat-HDR (see manual Section 9.4, but not stated in that bit) . HDD Control and Format is a separate menu item. (Manual section 10.3 ) Custom Firmware allows scheduled reservations to be restored (provided a backup is made before the...
    6. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      Five HD Satellite was Contractual / carriage agreement reasons. It went FTA on satellite/freesat when it also launched on Freeview on the same day. Five was very, very late to join the Freeview HD mux (despite the bandwidth having to be kept for them); on 4th May 2016 as it happens. NB It...
    7. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      As I was employed within the BBC Dept responsible for Code & Mux and Transmission I can assure you that it is true. (Theoretically any coder could be set differently but they take great pains to ensure the four sets of units per service are identically configured. Two sets per Code&Mux...
    8. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      It will have been / is 5.1 on Disney+ streaming. Attached files 2013 Dr Who 3D 5.1 sound 2024 May Dr Who 2.0 2024 Christmas Special 2.0 sound (All from a Foxsat-HDR; but as the same SDI stream is sent to both platforms...) Same as lots of other BBC Co-Productions: they are 5.1 on overseas as...
    9. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      Grandmother suck eggs? FIVE on satellite is fixed 5.1 unlike BBC, C4 where it varies with the programme. ITV is 2.0. FIVE on Freeview is fixed 2.0 like ITV is. BBC & C4 do both 2.0 and 5.1. It's been thus since 5 joined freesat and went in the clear, if not always. Doctor Who was not in 5.1...
    10. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      I think digitalbitrate is a bit more that <a moment in time> snapshot. It includes stats for the BBC timeshare channels in the DVB-T2 mux, for example... Everything I record and watch on 5 is reported as DD 5.1 via satellite. That does NOT mean they are actually originally surround sound from...
    11. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?mux=BBCB-PSB3&liste=1&live=9&lang=en would seem to disagree. Note Freeview (DTT / DVB-T2) BBC and C4 services have 320kbit max (surround) and ITV/5 have only 128kbit/s (stereo) HE-AAC encoded. Use MediaInfo to examine a recorded film from 5 (e.g. ex a...
    12. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      AIUI it is all down to playout and similar terrestrial infrastructure change costs... (see DigitalSpy forums?). After all, ITV essentially funded the upgrade works needed by BBC B code and mux to do the BBC English Regions in HD/Upscaled HD on Freeview; and their regions are HD on satellite...
    13. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      OK News tonight and tomorrow. {Not that I'll watch unless you report the glitches.} I'll also do Friday's Food Unwrapped 2000. Saturday's Sarah Beeny 18:30 and Sunday's Celebrity Hunted 21:00 on the -T2 as well as the Foxsat (and try to remember to watch the -T2 version when we get roundtuit).
    14. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      Name a programme or two you will be recording on Channel 4 in the next few days/week and I'll try to record one or more here off Sandy Heath. Then you can say <the blip happens at xx minutes on this prog/advert> and I can check if my recording has the same issue. I may even do it off satellite...
    15. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      CF --- read up on it. Very useful. It may be a bit of a learning curve to start? I'm less au fait with the -T2 variant, but it will allow unencrypted transport stream HD files to be downloaded on to a computer and then posted here with the fault. Pretty sure you can't just access the files...
    16. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      Get the Custom Firmware installed on (both?) -T2s and then post some .TS snips of the issue from a recorded file more accurately? NB You have still not answered which Region / kit is affected. I am also on Sandy Heath like Owen Smith and might do some C4 HD recordings on my -T2 (although we...
    17. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      That's a big advertising region for C4: it covers: BBC East (ex Norwich) BBC Southeast (ex Tunbridge Wells) BBC South (ex Southampton) BBC Southwest (ex Plymouth) BBC West (ex Bristol) BBC Wales (ex Cardiff) Channel Islands ITV, not sure if BBC opt still or cover from Plymouth? So it could be...
    18. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      As the recorded stream of a channel is identical to the live... any inherent stream problems would (or should) be seen on both live and recorded instances of an identical stream. Of course there are multiple sets of encoders, duplicated at two sites and an issue on one set of encode and mux may...
    19. R

      Series record issue.

      We've got a fair way through some such labelled programmes before realising we've seen it.. and only record HD satellite / Freeview so that doesn't apply (no C5 spin offs in HD and in the clear). Newk addon to CF fixes that for me most of the time ;) "The" <insert rest of programme name> can...
    20. R

      Series record issue.

      Or, better(imho), would be Series (aka Season) and Episode numbers in the info part of the EPG we use to set recordings. At least then one can check when the season was first broadcast! Other broadcasters label programmes New: when they are old repeats (C5) often enough. Just don't get me...
    1. R

      EPG/Now-Next on Freesat

      Personally I've duplicated some recordings on to my HDR-Fox-T2 as last night's CBB was missed on the -HDR (despite being marked/scheduled) * . Eastenders worked fine though. * A happy wife = a happy life. These events happen, but pretty rarely in the grand scheme. Broadcaster errors with...
    2. R

      EPG/Now-Next on Freesat

      From a very quick look earlier (1745) and the Now/Next seem to have the correct times. Was certainly an issue at 1030 or so. I notified BBC RA a bit later than that, not had any reply yet (and may never get one). Nothing noted under faults on their website.
    3. R

      EPG/Now-Next on Freesat

      Mine failed to record stuff yesterday evening BBC, ITV1 and C4 - despite being shown in the schedule and main EPG seeming OK with red record icons. Now and next was, however, stuck at around 1700-ish?? DigitalSpy has a thread on the same. Probably wise to report issue to Freesat and/or BBC...
    4. R

      U&W not decoding

      Foxsat-HD doesn't have one. The Foxsat-HDR will boot as a tuner-only device without the disk in/connected I believe. Never done it myself. Never had the need (and it would be a pita to get the box out of the cabinet disconnect the interconnects and open it up to do so).
    5. R

      U&W not decoding

      Factory reset does not format disk (HDD) on a Humax Foxsat-HDR (see manual Section 9.4, but not stated in that bit) . HDD Control and Format is a separate menu item. (Manual section 10.3 ) Custom Firmware allows scheduled reservations to be restored (provided a backup is made before the...
    6. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      Five HD Satellite was Contractual / carriage agreement reasons. It went FTA on satellite/freesat when it also launched on Freeview on the same day. Five was very, very late to join the Freeview HD mux (despite the bandwidth having to be kept for them); on 4th May 2016 as it happens. NB It...
    7. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      As I was employed within the BBC Dept responsible for Code & Mux and Transmission I can assure you that it is true. (Theoretically any coder could be set differently but they take great pains to ensure the four sets of units per service are identically configured. Two sets per Code&Mux...
    8. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      It will have been / is 5.1 on Disney+ streaming. Attached files 2013 Dr Who 3D 5.1 sound 2024 May Dr Who 2.0 2024 Christmas Special 2.0 sound (All from a Foxsat-HDR; but as the same SDI stream is sent to both platforms...) Same as lots of other BBC Co-Productions: they are 5.1 on overseas as...
    9. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      Grandmother suck eggs? FIVE on satellite is fixed 5.1 unlike BBC, C4 where it varies with the programme. ITV is 2.0. FIVE on Freeview is fixed 2.0 like ITV is. BBC & C4 do both 2.0 and 5.1. It's been thus since 5 joined freesat and went in the clear, if not always. Doctor Who was not in 5.1...
    10. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      I think digitalbitrate is a bit more that <a moment in time> snapshot. It includes stats for the BBC timeshare channels in the DVB-T2 mux, for example... Everything I record and watch on 5 is reported as DD 5.1 via satellite. That does NOT mean they are actually originally surround sound from...
    11. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?mux=BBCB-PSB3&liste=1&live=9&lang=en would seem to disagree. Note Freeview (DTT / DVB-T2) BBC and C4 services have 320kbit max (surround) and ITV/5 have only 128kbit/s (stereo) HE-AAC encoded. Use MediaInfo to examine a recorded film from 5 (e.g. ex a...
    12. R

      Stereo/surround sound - (was ITV Local News Midlands (HD and SD swap))

      AIUI it is all down to playout and similar terrestrial infrastructure change costs... (see DigitalSpy forums?). After all, ITV essentially funded the upgrade works needed by BBC B code and mux to do the BBC English Regions in HD/Upscaled HD on Freeview; and their regions are HD on satellite...
    13. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      OK News tonight and tomorrow. {Not that I'll watch unless you report the glitches.} I'll also do Friday's Food Unwrapped 2000. Saturday's Sarah Beeny 18:30 and Sunday's Celebrity Hunted 21:00 on the -T2 as well as the Foxsat (and try to remember to watch the -T2 version when we get roundtuit).
    14. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      Name a programme or two you will be recording on Channel 4 in the next few days/week and I'll try to record one or more here off Sandy Heath. Then you can say <the blip happens at xx minutes on this prog/advert> and I can check if my recording has the same issue. I may even do it off satellite...
    15. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      CF --- read up on it. Very useful. It may be a bit of a learning curve to start? I'm less au fait with the -T2 variant, but it will allow unencrypted transport stream HD files to be downloaded on to a computer and then posted here with the fault. Pretty sure you can't just access the files...
    16. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      Get the Custom Firmware installed on (both?) -T2s and then post some .TS snips of the issue from a recorded file more accurately? NB You have still not answered which Region / kit is affected. I am also on Sandy Heath like Owen Smith and might do some C4 HD recordings on my -T2 (although we...
    17. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      That's a big advertising region for C4: it covers: BBC East (ex Norwich) BBC Southeast (ex Tunbridge Wells) BBC South (ex Southampton) BBC Southwest (ex Plymouth) BBC West (ex Bristol) BBC Wales (ex Cardiff) Channel Islands ITV, not sure if BBC opt still or cover from Plymouth? So it could be...
    18. R

      Channel 4 HD blips

      As the recorded stream of a channel is identical to the live... any inherent stream problems would (or should) be seen on both live and recorded instances of an identical stream. Of course there are multiple sets of encoders, duplicated at two sites and an issue on one set of encode and mux may...
    19. R

      Series record issue.

      We've got a fair way through some such labelled programmes before realising we've seen it.. and only record HD satellite / Freeview so that doesn't apply (no C5 spin offs in HD and in the clear). Newk addon to CF fixes that for me most of the time ;) "The" <insert rest of programme name> can...
    20. R

      Series record issue.

      Or, better(imho), would be Series (aka Season) and Episode numbers in the info part of the EPG we use to set recordings. At least then one can check when the season was first broadcast! Other broadcasters label programmes New: when they are old repeats (C5) often enough. Just don't get me...
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