[OT] TOTPs not offered in HD (720p)

[Owen Smith]

Freeview HD uses AAC sound, either in stereo or 5.1 (sometimes with another AAC stream for audio described). It is never in AC3 aka Dolby Digital. Many set top boxes (including mine) transcode the AAC to Dolby Digital so that amps can play it, this leads to confusion on what format is being broadcast.

I am aware that Freesat sometimes uses AC3 sound but I don't keep up with details as I don't have satellite.

It is probably more pertinent to the discussion to say the broadcast stream sometimes includes 5.1 sound which the iPlayer version never does. It's the stereo vs. multi channel sound aspect that is important here.
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Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

On 29 Dec 2016, at 11:20, RS <richard22j at zoho.com> wrote:

> On the other hand the broadcast stream often includes an AC3 stream which is not included in the iPlayer version.