On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 06:09:03PM +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 16:05:31 +1200, I wrote:
If there is anybody else besides me who wondered what happened to Edge TV, as of the beginning of this month it is no longer on Freeview, it can now only be viewed as an online stream ...
Well, it looks like the channel’s days as an online-only operation are over. It’s back on Freeview 11. Not sure when it returned, but I
Yep, it's defintely there (programme 1305 below and is high-definition): mjc(a)tower:~/code/tsinfo$ ./dvbt-scan 2 562M 8M auto auto auto DVB Card 2: Silicon Labs Si2168 with caps 0x941bfeaf Tuning to 562000000Hz: Signal Carrier Sync LOCK Receiving transport stream with ID=30: Available and visible programmes: Programme 1300: LCN 3 [Mediaworks] Three [AC-HD-digital-tv-service] EIT-present-follow PMT pid: 300 PCR pid: 450 Video PID: 450 Audio PID: 400 410 1020 Other PID: 1003 8000 1004 Programme 1307: LCN 4 [Mediaworks] Bravo [AC-SD-digital-tv-service] EIT-present-follow PMT pid: 301 PCR pid: 451 Video PID: 451 Audio PID: 401 1030 Other PID: 1003 8000 1004 Programme 1302: LCN 8 [Mediaworks] ThreePlus1 [AC-SD-digital-tv-service] EIT-present-follow PMT pid: 302 PCR pid: 452 Video PID: 452 Audio PID: 402 1040 Other PID: 1003 8000 1004 Programme 1308: LCN 9 [Mediaworks] Bravo PLUS 1 [AC-SD-digital-tv-service] EIT-present-follow PMT pid: 306 PCR pid: 456 Video PID: 456 Audio PID: 406 Other PID: 1003 8000 1004 Programme 1306: LCN 14 [Mediaworks] Breeze TV [AC-SD-digital-tv-service] EIT-present-follow PMT pid: 305 PCR pid: 455 Video PID: 455 Audio PID: 405 Other PID: 1003 8000 1004 Programme 1305: LCN 11 [Mediaworks] The Edge TV [AC-HD-digital-tv-service] EIT-present-follow PMT pid: 308 PCR pid: 458 Video PID: 458 Audio PID: 408 411 Other PID: 1003 8000 1004 Digging further into programme 1305 (The Edge) reveals: PMT table_id 2, ts_id 1305, version 0, current T, section 0, last 0, num elements: 6 PCR_PID: 458 max_bitrate: 62550 bytes/s element 27 with pid 458 [AVC video stream] VSD-present element 17 with pid 408 [14496-3 Audio/LATM] max_bitrate: 12500 AAC-88 eng element 6 with pid 411 [PES packets] max_bitrate: 50000 AC3-present eng element 11 with pid 1003 [13818-6 type B] data_brdcst_id: 262 element 5 with pid 8000 [private] element 11 with pid 1004 [13818-6 type B] data_brdcst_id: 291 Undecoded descriptors: 0x06 0x28 0x05 0x13 0x6f So it has high-definition video and both AAC (presumably stereo) and AC3 (presumably 5.1) audio with bitrates marginally higher than their flagship "Three" channel. Cheers, Michael.