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Subject: Re: Laudamus te


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Bobben
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Date Posted: 13:01:40 11/16/03 Sun
In reply to: John A. 's message, "Laudamus te" on 10:29:29 11/16/03 Sun
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>If the ID values are absent, then you usually assume,
>by default, that no value need be entered. This is
>clearly wrong in this case. Where did you get the
>magic "PID Video: Probably 8191"? And why a PID-PCR
>that is the same as the PID Audio? And what's a PCR
>anyway, apart from the Polymerase Chain Reaction?

A PCR(Program Clock Reference) PID is used to synchronize audio & video. For TV channels it is usually equal to the Video PID. For radio channels it is usually equal to the Audio PID. A radiochannel does not need PCR to syncronize to video and in some receivers you dont need PCR for radio.

By using 8191 as VPID you are telling the receiver that there is no video ( at least this the Nokia way of doing it).


>Where the signal comes from, and why, is also a total
>mystery to me. Even more inconceivable are the BBCs
>reasons for wanting people not to listen to its radio
>programmes; it is a public service broadcaster, after
>all.

Perhaps its not wery clever by BBC to make people expect/think that this unofficial service will be available forever when the real situation could be that its just a temporary DTT feed that could cease any day.

The big problem is that BBC is NOT a public broadcaster outside GB, its only for public inside GB.

As far as I know it is probably the parliament/goverment that selects members to the BBC board and indirectly decides how BBC were to make BBC available. Often the agenda is to cut cost - not increase the cost...

This is how national public broadcasters in Scandinavia is run and its excactly the same problem with those. No fun in Spain.. except for the Danes that has got access to their two public channels, DR1 & DR2 outside Denmark for around £150-£250 pr. year dependig on where they live, this probably covers the increased cost DR has got from increased program rights budget.

Its the same with commercial broadcasters like ITV, C4 & five which also is only offered to the GB public so it does not matter if its commercial or not, perhaps its worse as their shareholders probably demands them to be wery careful with their cost.

Any broadcaster that makes its channel available across Europe will be charged for European coverage by rights sellers and artist etc. that get royalties from broadcast(that also included radio...). To make it even worse some rigths is exclusive per country basis so some movies&sports can not be distributed by more than one channel. This makes it possible for the rightsellers to make more money. Thats why some public broadcasters have "international" versions stripped of any interessting programs ;-)

This huge problem is not caused by the BBC but the one that sells program rights or by lack of good European&international law on this aerea.

I think its the same problem in the states where you cant get the local channels in other states - but I might be on thin ice now...
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