Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1023247" data-attributes="member: 82144">Thanks! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />When you mark channel 2 as free (not encrypted) and try to tune it, does it work now?&nbsp;Depends what standard the satellite broadcasters are using (ie. ATSC vs. DVB vs. proprietary).Here are the ATSC standards:<a href="http://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/standards?layout=default" target="_blank">http://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/standards?layout=default</a><a href="http://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/recommended-practices?layout=default" target="_blank">http://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/recommended-practices?layout=default</a>&nbsp;Here are the SCTE standards:<a href="http://www.scte.org/standards/Standards_Available.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.scte.org/standards/Standards_Available.aspx</a>&nbsp;The standards I'm looking at for OTA ATSC are mostly ATSC a/65 and ATSC a/69. Sometimes I take a peek in parts of a/53.For CableCARD tuners I look at ANSI/SCTE 65.For cable with a clear QAM tuner I look at a mixture of all of the above.&nbsp;When it comes to [ATSC or SCTE] satellite, there is ANSI/SCTE 57 and ATSC a/81. SCTE 57 uses similar structures to SCTE 65, so adding support for receiving that type of PSIP should not be too difficult. In fact the code basically already handles the parsing but doesn't actually do anything with the information. a/81 on the other hand is quite different. I haven't done anything with it as I'm not sure how much this standard is actually used for useful transmissions.&nbsp;For DVB, EN 300468 is the standard for cable, terrestrial and satellite.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Like a CableCARD tuner, the cable box has access to the out-of-band channel so it probably doesn't need a seed frequency.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1023247, member: 82144"] [B]Thanks![/B] (y) When you mark channel 2 as free (not encrypted) and try to tune it, does it work now? Depends what standard the satellite broadcasters are using (ie. ATSC vs. DVB vs. proprietary). Here are the ATSC standards: [url]http://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/standards?layout=default[/url] [url]http://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/recommended-practices?layout=default[/url] Here are the SCTE standards: [url]http://www.scte.org/standards/Standards_Available.aspx[/url] The standards I'm looking at for OTA ATSC are mostly ATSC a/65 and ATSC a/69. Sometimes I take a peek in parts of a/53. For CableCARD tuners I look at ANSI/SCTE 65. For cable with a clear QAM tuner I look at a mixture of all of the above. When it comes to [ATSC or SCTE] satellite, there is ANSI/SCTE 57 and ATSC a/81. SCTE 57 uses similar structures to SCTE 65, so adding support for receiving that type of PSIP should not be too difficult. In fact the code basically already handles the parsing but doesn't actually do anything with the information. a/81 on the other hand is quite different. I haven't done anything with it as I'm not sure how much this standard is actually used for useful transmissions. For DVB, EN 300468 is the standard for cable, terrestrial and satellite. Like a CableCARD tuner, the cable box has access to the out-of-band channel so it probably doesn't need a seed frequency. [/QUOTE]

Verification