[opendtv] Re: News: Paxson Challenges Must-Carry Decision
- From: <tjharvey@xxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 2:24:50 -0400
Well if anything, the black in the two programs should improve the picture
quality of the remaining four in the stat mux...... They are stat muxed, aren't
they?
By the way, why does the same show appear on three of the programs?
Terry Harvey
>
> From: "Rod Hewitt" <rod@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/05/20 Fri AM 01:33:24 EDT
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Paxson Challenges Must-Carry Decision
>
> Well, I've been a long (really long) time lurker on this list and this
> finally pursauded me to respond.
>
> I haven't responded to this list in the past because I don't want to
> look like I'm pushing anything given I write software for this market,
> but come on, if Pax wants must-carry, shouldn't they get their own house
> in order?
>
> http://66.93.105.178/rod/wpxw-dt.jpg
>
> This is a capture of my app's decode of their WPXW-DT stream from
> Manassas VA on channel 43.
>
> 1. Two streams with no real video input (services 4 & 8). Been that way
> for months. Been greed muck from time to time too (i.e. no sync into the
> encoder - wow).
>
> 2. No closed-captions in ATSC format. Their captions are in Sci. Atl.
> Format, but that 'aint exactly allowed is it.
>
> 3. No EIT/ETT whatsoever. Sure, all their pointers are there, but
> there's no data.
>
> 4. (Technical point, but...). They compress their extended channel name
> with Huffman and have about 650Kbps of NULL PIDs!
>
> I'm sure Comcast et al doesn't want to carry a couple channels with no
> video!
>
> Rod
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig Birkmaier [mailto:craig@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:21
> > To: OpenDTV Mail List
> > Subject: [opendtv] News: Paxson Challenges Must-Carry Decision
> >
> (SNIP)Rubbish from Paxton about must carry
>
>
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