Saorview Update - October 2021

StreetLight · 13-10-2021 5:12pm #1

Saorview Information channel has moved from LCN 27 to 23.

2RN test pattern on LCN 51 is no longer hidden. Pressing the Blue button on a Hbb-equipped TV will show a Red button prompt labelled 'Brúigh', which will lead to extra text-based information, such as 2RN transmitter news. The audio, which previously carried Lyric FM, has been replaced with a 1kHz tone.

StreetLight · 14-10-2021 3:18pm

Change to LCN 51 (still unhidden) again today:

Blue and Red button features disabled.

On the soundtracks, Lyric FM is on the English, Raidio na Gaeltachta on the Irish, test tone on the Audio Description.

The Cush · 14-10-2021 4:39pm

Also keep an eye on LCNs 28 & 29, both hidden, there has been some testing on 28 - HbbTV?, 29 is named "Saorview Information"

Previous HbbTV testing thread - 2rn Hbb TV tests — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'

StreetLight · 14-10-2021 9:25pm

Previously hidden placeholders from 33 to 49 are now no longer selectable.

The Cush · 15-10-2021 10:51am

Aertel 169

mackersdublin · 17-10-2021 7:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058212985/saorview-update-october-2021

It makes you wonder why they moved it from 23 to 27 a few years ago, to now move it back to its original LCN

Also, there's no Label on LCN 23, with EPG data in English and Irish every 24 hours

Just did a retune on a Saorview approved TV and it finds 59 channels on the 2 Muxes, why are Saorview still putting loads of hidden channels on its service 🤷

dublinman1990 · 18-10-2021 7:10pm

When I did the retune on Saorview earlier on a non HbbTv box; I do get the HD test channel on it. I did not receive any of the HbbTV test channels; however you do get a message that says "Load MHEG 5" written there on some channels instead.

StreetLight · 26-11-2021 2:20am

The Saorview information video is now being simulcast on channel 29, with a label, but still hidden. It looks like it will be moved here after Sky News launches on channel 23.

FRIENDO · 27-11-2021 12:59pm

Channel 29 Saorview information, is showing this screen.

The picture is going in and out of focus

butwhynot · 27-11-2021 1:11pm

Just noticed the HD test was removed from LCN 14, presumably to make room for Sky News. (It happened on the 25th according to DigitalBitrate).

Interesting that 209 is shown on Saorview Info despite being hidden.

butwhynot · 27-11-2021 3:51pm

LCN 211 broadcasting silence (for UCB Ireland?) Not sure when it started though.

SPDUB · 28-11-2021 5:02pm

Oireachtas TV is on air today (sunday) and it has subtitles

dublinman1990 · 28-11-2021 7:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118231535#Comment_118231535

I saw that happen during the week as well. What are the plans for the HD test channel. Will it be able to return to Saorview any time soon? Are the HbbTV tests for Saorview Connect still continuing on as normal?

StreetLight · 19-09-2022 1:14pm

The test channel on 51 and the blank TV placeholders have all been removed (for the moment!). Still no video on the Information Channel 29, which has remained blank since VM4 launched.

Iderown · 19-09-2022 9:58pm

The 2RN test channel (hidden 51) was back for a while here (Clermont Carn) this morning. Did I see a "red button" teletext test involving a graphic matrix?

The Cush · 19-09-2022 10:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119637311#Comment_119637311

I did a check here after that post and all the hidden channels and test channel were there, they didn't disappear for long.

23-10-2022 9:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119637311#Comment_119637311

This is now currently on Ch 29.

mackersdublin · 25-10-2022 3:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119784836#Comment_119784836

I've noticed RTÉ Chill is no longer hidden on LCN 209

butwhynot · 26-10-2022 9:55pm

Ch 50 now has a test card, though its slightly different to Ch 51

LCN 50:

LCN 51:

The Cush · 26-10-2022 11:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119797678#Comment_119797678

LCN 50 is an MHEG-5 generated testcard, why?

Maybe check it out during the day when the do their HBBtv tests.

Also, the Saorview Information channel is now MHEG-5 generated. Both running on very low bitrates.

StreetLight · 14-11-2022 6:06am

A strange anomaly with my Walker TV (again). It will display the MHEG5 slate on Channel 29, but when it comes to the MHEG5 test pattern on Channel 50, the TV dispays 'No Video Available', then goes into an endless cycle of crashes and reboots unless the channel-up or down button is pressed quickly during the reboot to get it onto any other channel.

All my other TVs display Channel 50 without issue.

BuzzG · 15-11-2022 11:44pm

I wonder if the MHEG5 test pattern on Channel 50 is a precursor to the launch of another channel with the data freed up from being used for channel 51, so 50 becomes the test channel for the trade.