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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1009977" data-attributes="member: 82144">Heya Chris&nbsp;According to wikipedia there are very few countries that have implemented MHEG 5. Not that that is an excuse for not supporting it - rather, it is just a little unclear how support might best be integrated because MHEG 5 itself is so generic. Technically it is an application platform so implementing full support would require implementing something like a mini virtual machine environment - quite challenging in technical terms. AIUI the most common use-case so far seems to be for consistent EPG data display/layout. MP has its own EPG screens with full integration... so playing the devil's advocate, there doesn't seem to be a substantial benefit from integrating full generic MHEG 5 support yet. In other words supporting the EPG data grabbing as the EPG Collector does might be minimally sufficient for now. Having said that, I'm not at all familiar with MHEG 5 outside NZ...&nbsp;Have you got a reference/link describing what Sommet are actually going to use MHEG 5 for? I've been keeping my ear to the ground for this info but hadn't seen anything other than rumours about advertising and denials from Sommet representatives. Since the Kordia multiplex is full I doubt they can implement anything in the way of alternate camera angles etc. They may use it to provide meta-data - scores, stats... things of that nature... or advertising as mentioned previously.&nbsp;mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1009977, member: 82144"] Heya Chris According to wikipedia there are very few countries that have implemented MHEG 5. Not that that is an excuse for not supporting it - rather, it is just a little unclear how support might best be integrated because MHEG 5 itself is so generic. Technically it is an application platform so implementing full support would require implementing something like a mini virtual machine environment - quite challenging in technical terms. AIUI the most common use-case so far seems to be for consistent EPG data display/layout. MP has its own EPG screens with full integration... so playing the devil's advocate, there doesn't seem to be a substantial benefit from integrating full generic MHEG 5 support yet. In other words supporting the EPG data grabbing as the EPG Collector does might be minimally sufficient for now. Having said that, I'm not at all familiar with MHEG 5 outside NZ... Have you got a reference/link describing what Sommet are actually going to use MHEG 5 for? I've been keeping my ear to the ground for this info but hadn't seen anything other than rumours about advertising and denials from Sommet representatives. Since the Kordia multiplex is full I doubt they can implement anything in the way of alternate camera angles etc. They may use it to provide meta-data - scores, stats... things of that nature... or advertising as mentioned previously. mm [/QUOTE]

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