[opendtv] Re: News: Paxson Challenges Must-Carry Decision
- From: "Rod Hewitt" <rod@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 10:42:27 -0400
Yeah, their encoders are VBR although interstingly channel 8's blank
screen takes 1Mbps more than channel 4's blank screen!
As for the same three programs - that's what they were running - the
same infomercial in all their timezones.
Rod
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tjharvey@xxxxxxx [mailto:tjharvey@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 2:25
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Paxson Challenges Must-Carry Decision
>
>
> 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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