P. van Gaans wrote: > On 01/16/2008 05:17 PM, Stephen Rowles wrote: >>> The current BBC HD transmissions, prior to the official launch of Freesat >>> are DVB-S, and broadcast From Astra 28.2E. There was some talk of a >>> possible >>> move to DVB-S2 at some time in the future, but I don't have a reference >>> for >>> this and haven't seen anything more about it in the last few months. >>> >>> AFAIK, all the current BBC HD transmissions are 1080i. >> Ouchy, >> >> I'll revise my hardware estimate then if they are 1080i I will need a >> seriously quick processor, or the VAAPI project to get off the ground >> quickly then :D >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-dvb mailing list >> linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >> > > With an mplayer compiled half a year ago or so I can watch BBC HD > recordings on my Athlon 64 X2 4200+ when using mplayer -lavdopts > fast:skiploopfilter=all. It runs smooth and picture quality is only hurt > a little bit (especially in very fast action scenes). > > Current BBC HD broadcast is DVB-S, probably because 1 transponder for 1 > channel would be ridiculous. On the same transponder you also find BBC 1 > CI and BBC 1 Cambridge. Video is h.264 1440*1080i. > Does anyone know if the "freesat" from BBC / ITV will be FTA, like the BBC / ITV channels on Astra are now - i.e. we aren't going to need a cam and subscription card to access them like you do on Skys "freesat" offering?? (*) Robert. (*) yes, I know you only actually need the card for channel 4, e4, and a few others but it still makes it enough of a pain that I can't current;y get them into my MythTv box. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
