[opendtv] Re: FCC Eliminates Simulcast Rules
- From: Morris Jones <mojo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:36:05 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Kon Wilms wrote:
> Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but thats the complete opposite to
> what I've heard from engineers at the stations I've been in (and this
> would be stations across the country, not just local). Most of them have
> given me the 'PBS master feed passes through us, we don't even have to
> reencode it' line. It does seem that some opt for an encoder because the
> PBS feed is of such a high bitrate that there isnt space for multicast
> (video or IP). It seemed to me that centralcasting was where PBS was
> headed.. or not?
I wish that could explain why some PBS local broadcast _Soundstage_ in
Dolby Digital 5.1 and some broadcast it in 2.0 Pro-Logic. :(
Maybe KCET does that so they can simulcast 480i on the subchannel.
Mojo
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