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WGSR files for channel 47 DTV
- Thread starter rf_chaser
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I think Time Warner as many other cable folk carry the original signals for this purpose. Only the 'cable only' high def channels are the ones you pay more for. Come to think of it on TW they dont charge extra for high def anyway. Only extra if you get the fancy DVR cable box.BIG APE said:
I know Matt Smith is hoping to get WGSR's digital signal straight, because at some point they will try to get a deal with Time Warner Cable
to get added to their channel lineup in Burlington, Greensboro, and other places in the Triad, and after looking at their coverage map, i
hope this will happen.
to get added to their channel lineup in Burlington, Greensboro, and other places in the Triad, and after looking at their coverage map, i
hope this will happen.
I don't get WGPX. I never did on anlog except during ceretain weather conditions.EncSpy said:
tothedj said:
Thanks for the encouragement. We have another engineer coming to look at the situation today. At the very least, we should be able to improve the signal coming into the tower site, which will improve our look on the air. Right now, we're VERY retro-looking (you KNOW I'm joking)!
One minor improvement today, we got our web stream back on the T-1 line. I had to convince an MCSE certified system engineer that you could stream up a T-1 line without affecting the quality of a video stream that you are receiving. He left scratching his head, and you can now see us on the web again.
[url]http://www.wgsr47.tv [/url]
And getting this back in its proper place means I can put the Reidsville tower cam back online . . .
[url]http://www.reidsvilletowercam.info [/url]
[url]http://www.ustream.tv [/url] has a wonderful service, and I'll give them a shameless plug.
Later . . . .
Hmmm . . . I'm not sure what you're seeing that I'm not. Since I don't have a program guide on the station, I'm not sure how to see a clock. My Eye-TV receiver derives its timing from the computer clock, so all the stations display the same time.
I'll have to check it on another receiver.
Later . . . .
I'll have to check it on another receiver.
Later . . . .
Matt Smith said:
http://www.tsreader.com/tsreader/index.html
TSReader (the free "lite" version will do; you'll also need a computer DTV tuner, the Hauppauge HVR950 will work; and a decent PC) will show what's going on with your DTV signal. Not sure if I know of a good reliable way to check with a consumer receiver; different receivers seem to get their time from different places. I guess getting your hands on a LG box like rf_chaser's would do the trick!
I'm betting your System Time Table (STT) is off. Do you have a separate PC providing the PSIP tables? (or are you transmitting static PSIP loaded into the multiplexer?)
If you have a separate PC, you probably want to ensure Internet Time is working. If you're running static PSIP, check the clock on the stream multiplexer.
And please forgive me if you've already done all of this!
WGSR now has something more to show than analog static. We have the signal back up, thanks to some conventional computer technology.
Turns out that the link between studio and transmitter has been up and running the entire time since we installed it. All of the failures that have happened in our system have been in encoder, mux and the gear that connects them to the link, either on the studio or the transmitter end (and at least once, BOTH).
What got our system working again was Windows streaming technology. We're running a server with a very fast processor at the studio end streaming the video down the link to the transmitter. On that end, another computer with a very fast processor is decoding the stream, and a converter box changes the video from VGA to NTSC to feed the encoder.
All that remains is a little fine tuning of the NTSC analog video and an audio amp to bring up the sound to a reasonable level. I anticipate that the computers will require more maintenance than "hard-wired" boxes, but we're hoping that this system will perform with a reasonable amount of reliability until we find a supplier with equipment that more closely meets our needs for price and stability.
We have returned our digital signal to viewable quality with our own in-house efforts and not those of professional engineers. Turns out that we have some great talent at WGSR that, as this situation has turned desperate, have banded together to solve problems that we have been waiting on professionals to fix for more than six weeks.
I'm not sure what is going to happen now with some $30,000 of digital broadcast equipment now sitting useless and idle in our studio and transmitter racks. Heartland video, who we bought our gear from, has been a bear to deal with in both helping us solve issues and replacing equipment identified as not up to the needs of our situation by the engineers we hired to put it in. On more than one instance, Heartland told us their equipment was working and blamed the link transmission system, which has proven to be solid and reliable. They definitely should not use us as a reference.
We're looking at alternative encoders, and the multiplexer equipment to let us add at least one subchannel, which will probably go live early in 2010. Plus, some of you may be aware that Star News Corporation has purchased W18BG in Danville. Build-out of its digital signal on Ch. 23 will begin this fall. We're taking all of the bad experiences we've had going digital with WGSR, and promised ourselves that they will not be repeated with W18BG.
Give us a look, and if you see anything in our signal we can improve, let's discuss it here.
Later . . . .
Turns out that the link between studio and transmitter has been up and running the entire time since we installed it. All of the failures that have happened in our system have been in encoder, mux and the gear that connects them to the link, either on the studio or the transmitter end (and at least once, BOTH).
What got our system working again was Windows streaming technology. We're running a server with a very fast processor at the studio end streaming the video down the link to the transmitter. On that end, another computer with a very fast processor is decoding the stream, and a converter box changes the video from VGA to NTSC to feed the encoder.
All that remains is a little fine tuning of the NTSC analog video and an audio amp to bring up the sound to a reasonable level. I anticipate that the computers will require more maintenance than "hard-wired" boxes, but we're hoping that this system will perform with a reasonable amount of reliability until we find a supplier with equipment that more closely meets our needs for price and stability.
We have returned our digital signal to viewable quality with our own in-house efforts and not those of professional engineers. Turns out that we have some great talent at WGSR that, as this situation has turned desperate, have banded together to solve problems that we have been waiting on professionals to fix for more than six weeks.
I'm not sure what is going to happen now with some $30,000 of digital broadcast equipment now sitting useless and idle in our studio and transmitter racks. Heartland video, who we bought our gear from, has been a bear to deal with in both helping us solve issues and replacing equipment identified as not up to the needs of our situation by the engineers we hired to put it in. On more than one instance, Heartland told us their equipment was working and blamed the link transmission system, which has proven to be solid and reliable. They definitely should not use us as a reference.
We're looking at alternative encoders, and the multiplexer equipment to let us add at least one subchannel, which will probably go live early in 2010. Plus, some of you may be aware that Star News Corporation has purchased W18BG in Danville. Build-out of its digital signal on Ch. 23 will begin this fall. We're taking all of the bad experiences we've had going digital with WGSR, and promised ourselves that they will not be repeated with W18BG.
Give us a look, and if you see anything in our signal we can improve, let's discuss it here.
Later . . . .
Congratulations.
See my "Goodbye, Roy's Folks" thread and the link that is there for my experience with having problems no one will accept the blame for.
Can you get WCWG 's problems solved too?
By the way, I haven't pulled out that Earl Burton tape. I need to visit my neighbor to see if they can figure out how to copy it without my having to buy a bunch of new stuff.
See my "Goodbye, Roy's Folks" thread and the link that is there for my experience with having problems no one will accept the blame for.
Can you get WCWG 's problems solved too?
By the way, I haven't pulled out that Earl Burton tape. I need to visit my neighbor to see if they can figure out how to copy it without my having to buy a bunch of new stuff.
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