I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I was wondering if
there was information available about the technical details of Freesat
that could be used in open source projects.
Specifically, I wrote and maintain the MHEG engine that is used in
MythTV. It appears that the BBC has started test transmissions on
satellite of the MHEG interactive service. It's possible to view much
of this using the current code in MythTV but it seems that the profile
on Freesat is a superset of the Freeview profile so not everything
works. Presumably information about this is available to the builders
of set-top boxes but it would be nice if it could be available for
open-source projects. There have also been references to the EPG
information being transmitted but again there is nothing publicly
available about how to decode it.
Incidentally, I've been working on a translation of the MHEG engine from
its original C++ into Java to produce an application/applet for viewing
MHEG offline or via HTTP. I'm rather short of MHEG test programs
although I have recorded some of the carousels off air. Does the BBC
have some test programs available?
David.
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