Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-03-12 Thread Brian Butterworth
Just monitoring the BBC Freesat thing... It seems that on 11.427Mhz (H 27.5, an Arqiva Mux) there are now four Freesat channels, Freesat home, Freesat Common C, Freesat SSU and Freesat OAD. Can anyone help with what an SSU or OAD is? Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-03-04 Thread David Matthews
Dave Whitehead wrote: I'd keep an eye on a thread over at digitalspy from others are experimenting with the Freesat EPG data currentlty being transmitted. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=751053 Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't seen it. With a bit of tweaking I was

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-03-01 Thread Dave Crossland
On 11/02/2008, David Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Specifically, I wrote and maintain the MHEG engine that is used in MythTV. Awesome work - thank you! :-) -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-02-29 Thread Matt Hammond
Hi David, The Freesat platform is being set up and managed by a separate company (of the same name) that has been set up by those participating (BBC, ITV etc). I've asked around the team at RD who are working with them on the technical infrastructure and specifications. Unfortunately it

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-02-29 Thread David Matthews
Hi Matt, Thanks for taking the trouble to find out. I rather thought that there would be some issue of exclusive access to the specs. At least Freesat are aware of the issue. From the MHEG side I can at least experiment with the test streams that are already being transmitted and try to

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-02-29 Thread Dave Whitehead
@lists.bbc.co.uk Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects Hi Matt, Thanks for taking the trouble to find out. I rather thought that there would be some issue of exclusive access to the specs. At least Freesat are aware of the issue. From

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-02-14 Thread David Matthews
Brian Butterworth wrote: Any chance you could get it to plug into the Windows Meda Center? Not having MHEG is a bit annoying. I can't say because I don't have Windows Media Centre. Although the MHEG engine in Myth is a more-or-less independent library there is the need for a glue module that

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-02-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 14/02/2008, David Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Butterworth wrote: Any chance you could get it to plug into the Windows Meda Center? Not having MHEG is a bit annoying. I can't say because I don't have Windows Media Centre. Although the MHEG engine in Myth is a more-or-less

Re: [backstage] Freesat info for open source projects

2008-02-14 Thread David Matthews
Brian Butterworth wrote: On 14/02/2008, David Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Butterworth wrote: Any chance you could get it to plug into the Windows Meda Center? Not having MHEG is a bit annoying. I can't say because I don't have Windows Media Centre. Although the MHEG engine in