[mythtvnz] Broadcast audio - stereo/mono etc.

[David Zanetti]

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On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 00:44 +1200, Richard wrote:
> The new carrier for world tv (RIP alt tv) comes up as nicam dual, so I
> wonder how they will handle that once they go digital (assuming they are
> still running)

Multiple audio streams in different PIDs is standard for MPEG-2 content
(DVB, DVD, etc), so they will offer up two or more audio streams on the
digital channel. Same way DVDs offer multiple languages.

Also used to offer, say, MPEG-1 Layer II stereo audio, and AC3 5.1
audio, for the same channel.=20

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David Zanetti <dave2@wetstring.net>
http://hairy.geek.nz/

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