I don’t think it has always been this way, but That’s TV 3 on PSB2 (aka D3&4) Multiplex is in MPEG4!
Just been made aware of this just now when I looked at the DTT multiplex timeshare information page I look at occasionally. This is their most recent change.
https://xhxf.uk/timeshares/
This means unless you have a HD Freeview tuner (or one of those DVB-T models that got sold with MPEG4 as it sold outside the UK market) then you can’t see a channel broadcast on a DVB-T Multiplex. DVB-T, though capable of carrying MPEG4, has only carried MPEG2 in the UK up until now, and that was what was part of the original Digital Terrestrial specs in the UK. The only Multiplex carrying MPEG4 in the UK up until this point has been PSB3 (aka BBC-B) which carries the HD channels (and in recent years a few SD channels).
My initial reaction was it can’t be correct, it’s reducing who can see it, but DigitalBitRate also says it.
https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.p...live=9&lang=en
Is this an experiment to see whether anyone notices/complains? The aim, to move an entire Multiplex to MPEG4, fitting in more channels without the cost/effort of converting the multiplexes to DVT-T2 first, so ultimately they can close a DTT Multiplex sooner.
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Seems That’s TV 3 changed to MPEG4 on 10th June. There’s a thread on Digital Spy’s forums.
I have tried viewing it an MPEG2 box and can confirm it doesn’t work, but the other channels on the Mux , as expected, do. I have a TV that is DVB-T only but I think is MPEG4 capable, so I will check that later.
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
I have tried viewing it an MPEG2 box and can confirm it doesn’t work, but the other channels on the Mux , as expected, do. I have a TV that is DVB-T only but I think is MPEG4 capable, so I will check that later.
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I have now checked it and That’s TV 3 does indeed work, and on the channel info it shows ACC where it shows MPEG for all the other channels.
So the change is confirmed.