[Ffmpeg-devel] [Ffmpeg-devel-old] H264 streams on Astra

[Nico Sabbi]

M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:

>Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at tiscali.it> writes:
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>>Hi,
>>for those of you can access this transponder in Astra : 11919/27500/H/
>>pids 767, 772,  0, 98(pmt)
>>there's an interesting stream: H264 streamed at 1920x1024 interlaced.
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>Can't you save a sample, and upload it to the usual place?  What's the
>audio?
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HD-h264.ts. Audio is ac3 2-ch at 384 kb/s

>H.264 HD is usually around 6Mbps.  MPEG2 HD is in the 20Mbps range.
>Possibly they are testing the encoders.  I'd keep an eye on that
>transponder in case something interesting shows up.
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understanding if something shows up is the hard part, atm :(


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>>It seems that streams like this are interesting test-cases :)
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>So grab some samples before they go away.  You never know when they'll
>come in handy.
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>Several European broadcasters are preparing for HD H.264 rollout at
>the end of the year.  They are likely to do test runs to make sure the
>entire chain works.
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I'll give it a look every night back from work :)

BTW, the copy of tcvp I have (0.2.0) doesn't recognize the content