Popcorn Hour support for HE-AAC LATM audio use on HD TV in New Zealand and Norway

[mvallevand]

As I wrote in my earlier post, I'd need a sample to tell you if it works or not.

Martin

[fire]

I have put two samples on Dropbox about 100Mb each. These where recorded with gb-pvr, dvb-t. Both play OK in VLC and sound is good. Both only play video on the popcorn hour without any sound.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1592717/DVBT/C4_...5115000.ts

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1592717/DVBT/PRI...5120000.ts

Cheers,
Andy.

[mvallevand]

They both play fine with sound here using mvpmcx2, so you need to check your version.

Martin

[fire]

Cool, sorry for the dumb question but how do I check the version of mvpmcx2?

Andy.

[mvallevand]

Checking the date would be easiest, but you can telnet to box and type

/etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2 -v

Martin

[fire]

/ # /etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2 -v
DFB: tv mode 11
vmode 11
This is version 2.8.3 of mvpmcx2
/ #

I've been running this set-up for a couple of years so I guess 2.8.3 is pretty old. I'll read the release notes etc and look to do an upgrade this weekend.

Thanks,
Andy.

[fire]

OK, I have now upgraded to the latest version on MVPMCX and the audio is now working perfectly with the samples I put up on dropbox. Also I have noticed skipping and fast forwarding now works perfectly - there was a bit of stuttering when I tried that before with the old (really old) version.

Thanks for you help Martin, the upgrade process was very easy, I haven't upgraded this in several years and it took me all of 10 minutes - including running up and down to the basement where my gb-pvr PC is.

I have just compared a DVB-S and DVB-T recording of X-Factor and the difference is night and day - the DVB-S broadcasts are very low quality when you compare them side by side. I should have moved over to DVB-T ages ago. My TV is like new again, and WAF is high - Wohoo!

Version now is reported as:

/ # /etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2 -v
DFB: tv mode 11
vmode 11
This is version 3.5.3 of mvpmcx2


Cheers,
Andy.