Re: [linux-dvb] HD over satellite? (h.264)

[Florin Andrei <florin@andrei.myip.org>]

Christophe Thommeret wrote:
> Le jeudi 6 novembre 2008 01:14:42 Florin Andrei, vous avez écrit :
>> But I noticed that the european TV network that I watch over satellite
>> is now doing experiments with HD. They are testing HD broadcast over
>> satellite, encoded with h.264. They call it DVB-S HD.
>>
>> Question: Are you aware of any receiver that can be used with Linux to
>> capture DVB-S HD?
> 
> If it's DVB-S, any DVB-S device will.
> If it's DVB-S2, you need a DVB-S2 device.

So HD can be transmitted over DVB-S as well, it does not automatically 
imply DVB-S2. OK, that's something I didn't know.

A quick search on the Eutelsat website revealed that they transmit using 
DVB-S. So a DVB-S card like the Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-S-Plus which I plan 
to purchase should be able to receive it, is that right?

(I can't receive Eutelsat from my area, but if they start broadcasting 
their HD channels on Galaxy 25, the way they do already with SD, then 
I'll be able to receive them.)

> Playback of such channels requires some strong multicore cpu, coupled with 
> latest ffmpeg svn.

Right. OTOH, I expect the satellite stuff to be transmitted at a pretty 
low bitrate, also perhaps with the more complex encoding features turned 
off. Based on the experiments that I did, h.264's playability depends a 
lot on the bitrate and on the features that were turned on in the encoder.

-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/

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