HiDef demo/tests on Hispasat, 30W

[Chris Muriel]

Been watching the following on Hispasat at 30 degrees west:

12042H SR13270 3/4 VPID150 APID 151 PCR 150 MPEG2

Showing 1080i clips, some in English.
Video bitrate is 15 Mbps max (was 14.64 when I was watching).
Noted some jaggies on straight edges in motion/panning shots (opera singers dress was one example).
Interestingly my old Nokia STB (with DVB2000 firmware) made a half decent job of showing this (just stuttered and went black every 6 seconds or so) ; it doesn't do as good a job on HD1 etc.
Looks great via PC though.

Chris Muriel, Manchester

[Stephen Neal]

Originally Posted by Chris Muriel

Been watching the following on Hispasat at 30 degrees west:

12042H SR13270 3/4 VPID150 APID 151 PCR 150 MPEG2

Showing 1080i clips, some in English.
Video bitrate is 15 Mbps max (was 14.64 when I was watching).
Noted some jaggies on straight edges in motion/panning shots (opera singers dress was one example).
Interestingly my old Nokia STB (with DVB2000 firmware) made a half decent job of showing this (just stuttered and went black every 6 seconds or so) ; it doesn't do as good a job on HD1 etc.
Looks great via PC though.

Chris Muriel, Manchester

Hi Chris - were the jaggies dodgy de-interlacing artefacts do you think (i.e. 50i converted to 25p badly in post - or 60i to 30p ?)

How were you viewing?

[Chris Muriel]

Probably down to deinterlacing but ....
Didn't have time to have a really good look to try and gauge the source (only had a few minuntes to spare).
I viewed them via Twinhan satellite tuner card via 2 methods - TSReader + VLC and via DVBapps .
If I had more time I could have switched a couple of different codecs in (in DVBapps) or , better still, saved to disk and done a proper analysis ; as it is I only used the Elecard codec in DVBapps.
If I have more time at the weekend I may well save to disk and have a closer look.
Viewing was on a Hitachi 21 inch CM813ETPlus monitor from ATI Radeon card in 3 GHz Northwood PC with 1GB RAM ; no stuttering etc. detectable.

Chris Muriel, Manchester

[RecordablDVDfan]

Weak signal with me for some reason ?? 1m dish

[remlap]

Ive been watching this test since it started on Hispasat originally it had no audio at all!

Here are some screen caps by me.

[RecordablDVDfan]

Originally Posted by remlap

Ive been watching this test since it started on Hispasat originally it had no audio at all!

Here are some screen caps by me.

Feed is dead now though ?

[remlap]

Originally Posted by RecordablDVDfan

Feed is dead now though ?

Yep dead.

[Chris Muriel]

Was dead later last night - but I got video and audio no problem.
I saw the 1st 2 of the ones in the screengrabs (but don't recall the soccer one).

Haven't tried today (had to fix daughter's and mother's PCs + put new drivebelt on Flymo lawnmower).

Chris Muriel, Manchester