melbourne HD channels now listed in oztivo guide :D

[Werewolf80]

hey all!

i've just finished setting up a procedure for providing a listing of HD shows on the oztivo guide. it's only done for melbourne at the moment, but you'll see new channels like 'NineHD-Mel' available on the preferences page. These channels only include programs which are shown in HD, so there's blank spaces for SD content or demo loops - should make it easy to choose whether to record on the SD or HD channels


let me know how it goes for you, or if you want to help provide data for the other cities

[monster]

heheh i did notice that and was looking for syd and didnt see it, i thought dam lucky bums

[arkay]

Ahhh. Tis nice having real data in those HD listings

Though I notice no info for SBS or ABC as yet?

Cheers,
Arkay.

[Werewolf80]

Originally Posted by arkay

Though I notice no info for SBS or ABC as yet?

two reasons for that:
1. as far as i can tell there's no programs aired on those channels this week in HD
2. i gather that because of the low bitrates and low quality conversions used on ABC and SBS HD channels, the SD channels actually have superior picture quality. check over at http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showforum=15 for details.

i'll still keep checking up to see when (if at all :P) they air HD programs and add them to the guide, but in the meantime those channels will be blank

[sc123]

BRP with OzTivo grabber isn't finding any Melbourne HD data anymore. Originally I was getting it, but nothing for the last couple of weeks.

Has it's feed died?

[Werewolf80]

sorry... there's a few manual steps required in getting the data up and i've been away (on my honeymoon ) for the last few weeks... i'll get it all up and running again when things settle down a bit