Edge TV Now Online-Only
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 <https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/113928839/the-edge-tv-removed-from-freeview-remains-available-online>. In the last few days of June, there was a promo announcing that it was going HD, but I don’t recall it mentioning that it was leaving the broadcast airwaves. Quote: MediaWorks chief executive Michael Anderson says the move is in line with audience trends, which show people primarily consume music videos online. While that may be mostly true, personally I would go look for videos on YouTube after seeing them first on Edge TV.
On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:05:31 Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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
I for one, was very disappointed. Wayne
By the way, a few minutes with the “Web Developer → Network” pane in Firefox on this page <https://www.theedge.co.nz/home/shows/watch-now.html> reveals the following as the URL for the video stream: <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8>. Copying and pasting this into VLC, just for example, works OK, though it reveals the video resolution as 768×432 -- not quite HD. If I rebuild my FFmpeg installation with support for https:// URLs, I could probably use that on it as well.
Cool tip many thanks. Cheers John.. On 5/07/19 9:00 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
By the way, a few minutes with the “Web Developer → Network” pane in Firefox on this page <https://www.theedge.co.nz/home/shows/watch-now.html> reveals the following as the URL for the video stream: <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8>.
Copying and pasting this into VLC, just for example, works OK, though it reveals the video resolution as 768×432 -- not quite HD.
If I rebuild my FFmpeg installation with support for https:// URLs, I could probably use that on it as well. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
By the way, a few minutes with the “Web Developer → Network” pane in Firefox on this page <https://www.theedge.co.nz/home/shows/watch-now.html> reveals the following as the URL for the video stream: <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8>.
Copying and pasting this into VLC, just for example, works OK, though it reveals the video resolution as 768×432 -- not quite HD.
If I rebuild my FFmpeg installation with support for https:// URLs, I could probably use that on it as well.
Using ffplay on my Linux Mint 19.1 worked out of the box: ffplay https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 09:20:36 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
Using ffplay on my Linux Mint 19.1 worked out of the box:
Sometimes binary packages omit features for patent reasons. Also I can specify both --enable-gpl and --enable-nonfree in the build, and guess what I end up with? ;)
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 09:20:36 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
Using ffplay on my Linux Mint 19.1 worked out of the box: ffplay https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8
Also try this: ffplay -vf scale=1536:864 https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8 to make more use of your PC screen. ;)
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 21:00:36 +1200, I wrote:
Copying and pasting this into VLC, just for example, works OK, though it reveals the video resolution as 768×432 -- not quite HD.
Correction. After a bit of experimenting, I have discovered that there are 4 different URLs available: <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_1.m3u8> -- 1280×720 <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_2.m3u8> -- 1024×576 <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8> -- 768×432 <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_4.m3u8> -- 512×288 So yes, it is available in HD.
Good information. Thanks Lawrence.. Cheers John.. On 16/08/19 4:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 21:00:36 +1200, I wrote:
Copying and pasting this into VLC, just for example, works OK, though it reveals the video resolution as 768×432 -- not quite HD. Correction. After a bit of experimenting, I have discovered that there are 4 different URLs available:
<https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_1.m3u8> -- 1280×720 <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_2.m3u8> -- 1024×576 <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_3.m3u8> -- 768×432 <https://livestreamdirect-edgetv.mediaworks.nz/edgetv_4.m3u8> -- 512×288
So yes, it is available in HD. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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 suspect it was today, judging from the way my Freeview tuner gets a little hiccup every time the channel selection changes like this. ;) Addendum: yes, it was today, and the move was announced last month <https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/119411471/the-edge-tv-is-coming-back-breeze-tv-to-launch-on-freeview>.
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.
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:35:30 +1300, Michael Cree wrote:
Yep, it's defintely there (programme 1305 below and is high-definition):
It’s strange, when I press the Info button on my Freeview decoder, it insists channel 11 is SD, not HD. However, I have noticed that some of the videos look really good and fine-detailed. So my conclusion is, you are right, and my decoder is lying to me. And I think this might also apply to some other channels that my decoder says are SD. /me goes off mumbling about how you can’t trust these infernal machines any more ...
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