How can I tell if a satellite audio stream is 5.1? (1 Viewer)

[Stéphane Lenclud]

I know satellite TV audio tracks from the same channel can have different format. Can I tell which is which from MP UI?

 

[mm1352000]

As shown in the wiki, you can see language and encoding:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_..._TV/Fullscreen_TV/Actions_Menu#Audio_Language

I'm 75% sure that information comes from MP (via TsReader) rather than TV Server... but in case it comes from TV Server, I can say with certainty that TV Server (and TsWriter) currently don't check how many channels an audio stream has. It wouldn't be impossible. Maybe an hour or so of work, because it requires digging into descriptors which are different for DVB vs. ATSC and AC3/DD vs. AAC etc.

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

That's my problem actually, they the same encoding but different channel setup.

 

[mm1352000]

Then I think the answer for live TV is: currently you can't tell the difference without trying the streams.
For recordings, some skins have icons showing the media types, and I think that there are different icons at least for DD/AC3 2 channel vs. 5.1 channel.

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

I'm happy if I need to switch audio to get that info. Maybe my StreamedMP skin does not support it. I'll try later. Thanks mm

 

[mm1352000]

No problem any time.

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

Icons don't tell me what I need, never mind I used TS Doctor to get to it.

 

[Vasilich]

doesn't tag "#Play.Current.AudioChannels" work?

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...d_Changes/1.a.0_to_1.11.0/Live_TV_media_logos
you just neet to use it in your skin (it seems that at least Titan uses default stereo picture and does not read that tag...)

Or is this filed will be correctly filled only in case of playing videos and doesn't work for LiveTV?

Surely all this CAN work for LiveTv starting from v1.11 - @Stéphane Lenclud in your system specs there is v1.7.1 - correct?

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

No I'm on 1.12 Tried with both Titan and StreamedMP on recording. LiveTV OSD possibly does not have the icons like you said. However ther icons don't tell you if it's 2.0 or 5.1. It just says Dolby in both cases.

 

[Vasilich]

if it states "Dolby" then it means audio codec used, but not the channel count.
ah, found an explanation why it cannot work:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...v-in-the-tvplugin.127921/page-13#post-1109770