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Two more ITV HD regional variants were added to Freesat today.
Identified by the local news they carry, they are ITV HD Central and ITV HD Meridian.
These, together with ITV HD Granada and ITV HD London, bring the total to four.
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Channel 5 HD is now on LCN 105 with Channel 5 on 171 (on HD boxes) in some BSkyB regions, identified by the BBC One regional variant:
BBC One W Mid
BBC One West
BBC One South
BBC One S West
BBC One S East
BBC One East E
BBC One Oxford
BBC One CI
BBC One Wales
This change seems to imply Channel 5 HD is FTV again. Can anyone confirm?
Channel 5 (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In October 2013, Channel 5 HD became a subscription channel on the Sky satellite platform. Previously, it was available as a free-to-view channel, but is now only available to Sky 'Family Bundle' customers or those with the HD pack."
I see FSFS has been expunged from ukfree.tv anyway.
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Jackson G: The files that form the MHEG apps associated with-
D3&4: Film4, More 4, E4 and Channel 4+1
Arqiva B: 4Music, Ideal World, Film4+1, 4seven, RT, Rocks & Co 1
Arqiva A: E4+1, Gems TV
-are identical apart from a "config.txt" file and a few graphics.
One such file is called rogues.lst and contains this text:
lgeD03T14 MHGlge614 DSMlge614 LGE.DTV.MW_MHEG106.DD.GP-3s CIPLUS001
SAMF0201 MHGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-UE28F4000 CIPLUS001 SAMMD2FN4
SAMUS0368 MHGSAM005 DAMSAM003 SAM-PS50C550 INT002001000000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0368 MHGSAM005 DSMSAM003 SAM-LE32C530 INT002001000000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0368 MHGSAM005 DSMSAM003 SAM-PS50C450 INT002001000000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0368 MHGSAM005 DSMSAM003 SAM-UE22C4000 INT002001000000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0422 MHGSAM005 DSMSAM003 SAM-LE32C450 INT002001000000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0422 MHGSAM005 DSMSAM003 SAM-UE32C4000 INT002001000000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0615 MHGSAM006 DSMSAM003 SAM-UE32D4000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0615 MHGSAM006 DSMSAM003 SAM-UE32D5000 CIPLUS001
SAMUS0834 MHGSAM006 DSMSAM003 SAM-PS43E450 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLE4
SAMUS0834 MHGSAM006 DSMSAM003 SAM-UE32EH4000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLE4
SAMUS0874 MHGSM006 DSMSAM003 SAM-UE22ES5410 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLE5
SNYbwd SNYLCD032 MHGSNY71S DSMSNY006 MDWSNY000 DRVSNY000 HDWSNY000
SNYbwd SNYLCD032 MHGSNY70S DSMSNY006 MDWSNY000 DRVSNY000 HDWSNY000
SAMF0243 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-UE32F4000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFX4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-UE19F4000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-UE28F4000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-UE32F4000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-PS43F4500 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-PS51F4500 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-PS51F5000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-PS60F5000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMF0311 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-PS64F5000 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
SAMC0132 MHEGSAM007 DSMSAM004 SAM-LT22C350 CIPLUS001 SAMMDLFN4
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MikeB: Some background from digitaluk:
"Split NIT
In summer 2008, Freeview and the digital multiplex operators (DMOL) updated the network due to the introduction of many more services since the launch of the platform. This required the Network Information Table (NIT) to be split to carry more data. Early products with insufficient memory or that need to reattribute memory subsequently stop working."
I can't prove it was the cause, and have only examined the North West NIT, but ...
On 03/09/2014 the NIT was expanded from two to three sections [see note].
North West NIT, 2014-09-16 10:25, version_number = 20
section_number = 0
section_length = 752
section_number = 1
section_length = 947
section_number = 2
section_length = 382
By 18/09/2014 the NIT had shrunk back to two sections by removal of extraneous data.
North West NIT, 2014-09-18 10:55, version_number = 21
section_number = 0
section_length = 897
section_number = 1
section_length = 1014
This descriptor was removed:
descriptor_name = extension descriptor
descriptor_length = 155
descriptor_tag_hex = 7F
descriptor_tag_extension = 8
message_descriptor
[A Section is a syntactic structure used for mapping Service Information tables into Transport Stream packets. Sections may be variable in length. The sections within each table are limited to 1024 bytes in length, except for sections within the EIT which are limited to 4096 bytes.]
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James: Looks right apart from:
64 Bluebell Hill and TW transmitter area: same as 10
65 Whitehawk Hill transmitter area: same as 10
68 Midhurst transmitter area: same as 9
The following was generated from the ASTRA SDT/BAT, apart from the Descriptions, which were taken from the ASTRA EITpf component descriptors for each ServiceID.
A big thanks must go to ITV for removing the region names.
Region ServiceID ServiceName [Description]
01 10060 ITV [London]
02 10090 ITV [Anglia East]
03 10100 ITV [Central West]
04 10030 ITV [West]
05 10140 ITV [Meridian S]
06 10040 ITV [Westcountry]
07 10080 ITV [Granada]
08 10160 ITV [Yorkshire West]
09 12101 ITV [Mer. N Thames Valley#]
10 10150 ITV [Meridian South East]
11 10150 ITV [Meridian South East]
12 10120 ITV Border [Border]
13 10130 ITV [Tyne Tees]
18 10060 ITV [London]
19 10100 ITV [Central West]
20 20701 ITV [Central East]
21 10090 ITV [Anglia East]
24 10030 ITV [West]
25 12110 ITV [Anglia West]
26 10130 ITV [Tyne Tees]
27 20700 ITV [Central South]
28 10120 ITV Border [Border]
29 12120 ITV [Yorkshire East]
33 10230 UTV [Ulster]
34 10200 ITV [Channel Islands]
35 10210 STV [STV Grampian]
36 10120 ITV Border [Border]
37 10220 STV [Scottish West]
38 10221 STV [Scottish East]
39 10225 STV [STV NE]
41 12140 ITV [Central South West]
43 10020 ITV Wales [Wales]
45 10080 ITV [Granada]
60 12120 ITV [Yorkshire East]
61 10160 ITV [Yorkshire West]
62 12120 ITV [Yorkshire East]
63 12101 ITV [Mer. N Thames Valley#]
64 10060 ITV [London]
65 10140 ITV [Meridian S]
66 10060 ITV [London]
67 10040 ITV [Westcountry]
68 10150 ITV [Meridian South East]
69 10130 ITV [Tyne Tees]
70 10060 ITV [London]
71 20700 ITV [Central South]
72 10160 ITV [Yorkshire West]
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Chris Meadows: May be a memory problem. I would try a reset followed by a manual scan of a single multiplex to see if the problem remains. What box/telly is it? The more information the better.
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There is a new Network Change Notification in the NIT
cell_id = 0000
network_change_id = 02
NetworkChangeType = Minor - service changed
network_change_version = 01
ReceiverCategory = all receivers
start_time_of_change = 01/10/2014 14:00:00
change_duration = 01:00:00
invariant_ts_onid = 233A
invariant_ts_tsid = 200B
replacing
cell_id = 0000
network_change_id = 01
NetworkChangeType = Minor - service changed
network_change_version = 01
ReceiverCategory = all receivers
start_time_of_change = 03/09/2014 13:30:00
change_duration = 01:00:00
invariant_ts_onid = 233A
invariant_ts_tsid = 200B
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Gary: Is that the result with a single multiplex scanned in?
When did the problem appear?
What frequency or UHF channel did you scan.
What were the displayed signal strength and signal quality like?
Where are you?
Which transmitter is your aerial pointing at?
No one can help without this information.
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Tuesday 25 March 2014 3:27PM
anne: The only unusual thing I can see about RT is the mapped MHEG stream for IP-TV.
These all have the stream mapped to them:
LCN -SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
022 6540 SDTV Ideal World
045 69E0 SDTV Film4+1
047 6A20 SDTV 4seven
085 6B40 SDTV RT
040 6CC0 SDTV Rocks & Co 1
035 6E80 SDTV QVC Beauty
225 6EA0 DATA VISION
226 6EC0 DATA CCTV
227 6EE0 DATA Sports
231 6F00 DATA Racing UK
229 6F20 DATA Propeller TV
239 6F40 DATA Sonlife