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J
RT English
Saturday 20 September 2014 3:51PM

Slashless CRIDs in the Freesat EIT

This Garbage has been in the Freesat EIT for the last four months.

Slashless CRIDs were the cause of serious problems with some (especially Sony) boxes on DTT a while back so I put a routine in my EIT parser which outputs a list of such CRIDs.

I don't know if these CRIDs are causing problems with Freesat devices or whether they actually work. Perhaps someone with a Freesat PVR might set one to record and report the result.

An essential part of the CRID is default_authority, which is missing for

truTV
Thane
Rishtey
Colors
RT HD

RT HD is doubly afflicted, being without default_authority and with Slashless CRIDs.

The List:

{
service_name = "RT", onid.tsid.sid = 2.2076.54115 = 2.81C.D363
default_authority = "www.russiatoday.ru"
programme = "Going Underground"
crid = "D36300004934A0", date: 20/09/2014 09:30:00, 27/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "D36300004934B0", date: 20/09/2014 14:30:00, 27/09/2014 14:30:00
crid = "D36300004934C0", date: 20/09/2014 19:30:00, 27/09/2014 19:30:00
crid = "D3630000493410", date: 22/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "D3630000493420", date: 22/09/2014 14:30:00
crid = "D3630000493430", date: 22/09/2014 19:30:00
crid = "D3630000493450", date: 24/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "D3630000493460", date: 24/09/2014 14:30:00
crid = "D3630000493470", date: 24/09/2014 19:30:00
programme = "News Team"
crid = "D3630000551610", date: 22/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "D3630000551620", date: 23/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "D3630000551630", date: 24/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "D3630000551640", date: 25/09/2014 18:30:00
}
{
service_name = "RT HD", onid.tsid.sid = 2.2312.53148 = 2.908.CF9C
default_authority = ""
programme = "Going Underground"
crid = "CF9C0000493470", date: 20/09/2014 09:30:00, 27/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493480", date: 20/09/2014 14:30:00, 27/09/2014 14:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493490", date: 20/09/2014 19:30:00, 27/09/2014 19:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493410", date: 22/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493420", date: 22/09/2014 14:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493430", date: 22/09/2014 19:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493440", date: 24/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493450", date: 24/09/2014 14:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000493460", date: 24/09/2014 19:30:00
programme = "News Team"
crid = "CF9C0000551610", date: 22/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000551620", date: 23/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000551630", date: 24/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "CF9C0000551640", date: 25/09/2014 18:30:00
}
{
service_name = "Information TV", onid.tsid.sid = 2.2313.53230 = 2.909.CFEE
default_authority = "www.information.tv"
programme = "RPGTV Live Greyhound Racing"
crid = "CFEE0000488910", date: 20/09/2014 18:15:00, 21/09/2014 17:15:00, 24/09/2014 18:15:00, 25/09/2014 18:15:00, 26/09/2014 18:15:00, 27/09/2014 18:15:00
}
{
service_name = "Showcase", onid.tsid.sid = 2.2313.53280 = 2.909.D020
default_authority = "www.information.tv"
programme = "Irish Music Lounge"
crid = "D0200000498030", date: 20/09/2014 01:00:00, 27/09/2014 01:00:00
crid = "D0200000498010", date: 22/09/2014 18:00:00
crid = "D0200000498040", date: 23/09/2014 13:00:00
crid = "D0200000498050", date: 24/09/2014 13:00:00
crid = "D0200000498060", date: 25/09/2014 13:00:00
crid = "D0200000498020", date: 25/09/2014 21:00:00
programme = "The Phil Mack Country Show"
crid = "D0200000474050", date: 21/09/2014 15:00:00
crid = "D0200000474020", date: 21/09/2014 21:00:00
crid = "D0200000474040", date: 23/09/2014 00:30:00
programme = "Ireland West Music"
crid = "D0200000320030", date: 21/09/2014 22:00:00
crid = "D0200000320040", date: 23/09/2014 21:00:00
crid = "D0200000320010", date: 24/09/2014 21:00:00
crid = "D0200000320020", date: 26/09/2014 22:30:00
programme = "Hot Country"
crid = "D0200000316530", date: 22/09/2014 01:00:00
crid = "D0200000316520", date: 22/09/2014 19:00:00
crid = "D0200000316540", date: 24/09/2014 12:00:00
}
{
service_name = "Showcase 2", onid.tsid.sid = 2.2313.53285 = 2.909.D025
default_authority = "www.information.tv"
programme = "Toontime tv"
crid = "D02500106228", date: 20/09/2014 04:00:00, 22/09/2014 05:00:00, 23/09/2014 05:00:00, 23/09/2014 10:00:00, 24/09/2014 05:00:00, 24/09/2014 10:00:00, 25/09/2014 10:00:00, 25/09/2014 17:00:00, 26/09/2014 05:00:00, 27/09/2014 04:00:00
crid = "D0250000547210", date: 20/09/2014 04:00:00, 22/09/2014 05:00:00, 23/09/2014 05:00:00, 23/09/2014 10:00:00, 24/09/2014 05:00:00, 24/09/2014 10:00:00, 25/09/2014 10:00:00, 25/09/2014 17:00:00, 26/09/2014 05:00:00, 27/09/2014 04:00:00
crid = "D02500106230", date: 21/09/2014 04:00:00, 22/09/2014 04:00:00
crid = "D0250000547310", date: 21/09/2014 04:00:00, 22/09/2014 04:00:00
programme = "Caravan Finder TV"
crid = "D02500101689", date: 20/09/2014 09:00:00, 21/09/2014 09:00:00, 22/09/2014 18:30:00, 24/09/2014 17:30:00, 27/09/2014 09:00:00
crid = "D0250000491930", date: 20/09/2014 09:00:00
crid = "D0250000491940", date: 21/09/2014 09:00:00
crid = "D0250000491950", date: 22/09/2014 18:30:00
crid = "D0250000491960", date: 24/09/2014 17:30:00
crid = "D0250000491970", date: 27/09/2014 09:00:00
programme = "The Caravan Channel"
crid = "D02500101669", date: 20/09/2014 09:30:00, 21/09/2014 09:30:00, 22/09/2014 19:00:00, 24/09/2014 16:00:00, 27/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "D0250000466030", date: 20/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "D0250000466040", date: 21/09/2014 09:30:00
crid = "D0250000466050", date: 22/09/2014 19:00:00
crid = "D0250000466060", date: 24/09/2014 16:00:00
crid = "D0250000466070", date: 27/09/2014 09:30:00
programme = "Motorhome Channel"
crid = "D02500101660", date: 20/09/2014 10:00:00, 21/09/2014 10:00:00, 22/09/2014 19:30:00, 24/09/2014 16:30:00, 27/09/2014 10:00:00
crid = "D0250000383430", date: 20/09/2014 10:00:00
crid = "D0250000383440", date: 21/09/2014 10:00:00
crid = "D0250000383450", date: 22/09/2014 19:30:00
crid = "D0250000383460", date: 24/09/2014 16:30:00
crid = "D0250000383470", date: 27/09/2014 10:00:00
programme = "The Music Lounge"
crid = "D02500103585", date: 24/09/2014 19:00:00
crid = "D0250000516510", date: 24/09/2014 19:00:00
programme = "The CM&T Video Show"
crid = "D02500106350", date: 24/09/2014 20:00:00, 26/09/2014 19:00:00
crid = "D0250000548210", date: 24/09/2014 20:00:00
crid = "D0250000548220", date: 26/09/2014 19:00:00
programme = "Keep It Country Music"
crid = "D02500104091", date: 24/09/2014 21:00:00
crid = "D0250000529220", date: 24/09/2014 21:00:00
crid = "D02500104092", date: 25/09/2014 20:00:00
crid = "D0250000529210", date: 25/09/2014 20:00:00
programme = "The Smith and Rogers Country Show"
crid = "D02500106078", date: 25/09/2014 16:00:00
crid = "D0250000490910", date: 25/09/2014 16:00:00
}

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J
BBC Four
Tuesday 23 September 2014 1:22AM

"Also in HD" linkages miss their targets.

This is a long-standing fault in the Freesat EIT with BBC Four, CBeebies and, more recently, STV.

Most linkage descriptors are pointing to the wrong transponder.

For example
***************
BBC Four Sun 28 Sep 2014 20:00:00 - 21:00:00
Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
Linkage: 2.2050.8931 = not found, event_simulcast, target_listed, target_event_id = 9745
eventID = 9745
ONID.TSID.SID = 2.2045.6316 [10773.25 H]
***************

and the intended target is this event:

***************
BBC Four HD Sun 28 Sep 2014 20:00:00 - 21:00:00
Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities
eventID = 9745
ONID.TSID.SID = 2.2061.8931 [11023.25 H]
***************

The target service, 2.2050.8931, is "not found" because 2050 is 10847 V and BBC Four HD is not on 10847 V

BBC Four HD is on 2061 = 11023.25 H


ALL the Linkages for STV miss their target.

Linkage: 2.2049.12130 = not found...

Not found because 2049 is 10832.25 H and STV HD is not on 10832.25 H

STV HD is 2.2036.12130, on 10993.75 H




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Upgrading from Sky to Freesat | Freesat
Friday 3 October 2014 12:55AM

Nick: As you have discovered, for ASTRA 28.2E, the standard DVB Event Information Table (EIT) is limited to Actual Transport Stream, present/following event information.

Both BSkyB and Freesat have proprietary EPGs which are unavailable to standard DVB devices.

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Upgrading from Sky to Freesat | Freesat
Saturday 4 October 2014 11:57PM

Nick: evidently the Humax box is a Freesat box (and set to Freesat Mode).

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Algernon Black:

The Freeview EPG has an overall cycle time of 270 seconds.

For some classes of events, the cycle time is shorter:

current day, current multiplex
9 seconds

current day, other multiplex
54 seconds

later days, current multiplex
27 seconds

later days, other multiplex
270 seconds

Assuming your signal is good, what apparently is appalling is the software in your telly.

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True Movies 1
Friday 17 October 2014 11:39PM

danielle : Is it this?

Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993)


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J
RT English
Saturday 18 October 2014 3:39PM

Update. Sat 18 Oct.

Freesat EIT

All previous Slashless CRID errors have been corrected but because "RT HD" still has no default_authority, its CRIDs are Not Valid.

Current CRID ERRORS:

MISSING default_authority:
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"RT HD"
"truTV"
"Thane"
"Rishtey"
"Colors"
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SLASHLESS CRIDs (in 332 events):
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"BONANZABONANZA"
default_authority = "www.canismedia.com"
programme = "Flash Gordon"
programme = "Bonanza"
programme = "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
programme = "The Beverly Hillbillies"
programme = "The Lone Ranger"
programme = "Dragnet"

"HOLIDAY+CRUISE"
default_authority = "www.holidayandcruisechannel.co.uk"
programme = "Cruise Shop-Best Value Cruise Hour"
programme = "Cruise @ 6"

"Film On TV"
default_authority = "www.filmon.com"
programme = "NUB TV"
programme = "Music Legends"
programme = "Eye for an Eye"
programme = "Comedy Time TV"
programme = "Popcorn TV"
programme = "Action Zone"

"Sonlife TV"
default_authority = "www.jsm.org/sonlife"
programme = "Insight"
programme = "Jimmy Swaggart Crusade Classics"
programme = "A Study In The Word"
programme = "Donnie Swaggart"
programme = "Jimmy Swaggart"
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KEVIN GARDINER: Many events, like this one-

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BBC ONE HD
Sun 02 Nov 2014 21:00
Death in Paradise

H.264/AVC high definition video, 16:9 aspect ratio, 25 Hz
HE-AAC audio, stereo
HE-AAC receiver mix audio description for the visually impaired
DVB subtitles (normal) for display on a high definition monitor
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-have two audio streams.

Could it be that you are recording only the audio description?

If both audio streams are present in your recordings, are you able so select the correct stream in your player?

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KEVIN GARDINER: You did not say what equipment you were using. What receiver? How do you record?

This looks related:
"...the problem is definitely there at 9pm on 14th October..."

PSB3 Mux - Audio Clicks and Pops | AVForums

Clicks and pops could cause ALC based volume changes in analog recordings.

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