[linux-dvb] Re: OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies?

[Jean-Claude Repetto <jrepetto@mxmlab.com>]

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From: "Thorsten Heck" <thorsten@mathA.rwth-aachen.de>
To: <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: [linux-dvb] OT: (Astra-)Channels with undubbed movies?


> Hi!
>
> Sorry for being off-topic, but I guess the audience here know the answer.
>
> Recently, discussion was about channels with several APIDS ("Finding
> additional APIDS..."), and Klaus Schmidinger mentioned that the feature
> of recording two APIDS was mainly intented to record dubbed movies and
> the undubbed, original audio-track.
> This left me wondering, if there are channels which actually broadcast
> any movies with the original soundtrack via DVB-S, and especially via
> Astra(19.2E), since this is the only one I can receive.
> Looking at the Lyngmark table for these satellites, I see that most of
> the "main" german channels have only one APID mentioned (the only
> exception is "arte", I think).
> Does this mean that they never broadcast additional audio tracks, or do
> they send on additional audio channels at least temporarily?
> Sometimes the stations announce the broadcasting of a movie with two
> audio tracks, for terrestrial (or cable) receiving. Is there a way to get
> both versions via DVB-S?
>
> Regards,
>
> Thorsten Heck
>

Several french channels broadcast the original sound on a second audio
channel on Astra :
- Canal+, Canal+ Jaune, Canal+ Vert, Canal+ Bleu
- Cinecinemas 1,2 3
- Kiosque 1 to 6, Kiosque 8

But they are all encrypted in Mediaguard.

Jean-Claude




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