2021-07-24, 02:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 2021-07-24, 02:40 PM by The Solutor.)
In my country we are at the dawn of great changes in communications...
In autumn 2021 all SD channels will be moved from Mpeg2 to Mpeg4/h264.
Then, in 2022, all channels SD/HD (ad higher res) will be aired only using the HEVC/H265 codec and the 800 MHz band will change its usage from TV to 5G telephony.
I think also in the US the ATSC channels will follow a similar path.
We have already a couple of test channels, just a static frame to test the device readiness to the new standard.
Out of curiosity i tested various SW including NPVR4/5.
They seem both working in general, and Kodi, MPC-HC, VLC are working as well. Windows Media Center instead does not undesrtand the HEVC TV, even if it has no problems with HEVC local files.
Also NPVR seem unable to transcode the signal.
Hence I have two questions:
#1 Is NPVR supposed to transcode such channels? I'm facing a bug or a missing/not yet implemented feature?
#2 Is possible (or will be possible) to set NPVR to transcode not just to browsers but also to selected IPTV clients like WMC and any other clients that lacks the native HEVC capability?
There is no urgency, at lest here there is a whole year before the final migration but I think is better to stay ready both uses as coders.
In autumn 2021 all SD channels will be moved from Mpeg2 to Mpeg4/h264.
Then, in 2022, all channels SD/HD (ad higher res) will be aired only using the HEVC/H265 codec and the 800 MHz band will change its usage from TV to 5G telephony.
I think also in the US the ATSC channels will follow a similar path.
We have already a couple of test channels, just a static frame to test the device readiness to the new standard.
Out of curiosity i tested various SW including NPVR4/5.
They seem both working in general, and Kodi, MPC-HC, VLC are working as well. Windows Media Center instead does not undesrtand the HEVC TV, even if it has no problems with HEVC local files.
Also NPVR seem unable to transcode the signal.
Hence I have two questions:
#1 Is NPVR supposed to transcode such channels? I'm facing a bug or a missing/not yet implemented feature?
#2 Is possible (or will be possible) to set NPVR to transcode not just to browsers but also to selected IPTV clients like WMC and any other clients that lacks the native HEVC capability?
There is no urgency, at lest here there is a whole year before the final migration but I think is better to stay ready both uses as coders.