CW
They don't do anything, just a hard switch from one to the next, with the off air MHEG caption on the closed channel (customised to show the channel's broadcast hours in the white box at the top right). On the 'on air' channel, they then just cut from the MHEG to the channel source when the videostream becomes available.
As I've also noted above though, bizarre things with colour bar testcards happen if they can't join/leave a channel at a junction.
As i've also said above, they need more co-operation from their channel providers to accomodate Top Up TV, little embelishments like 'hello if you've just joined us' in the link into the first programme on the channel from when Top Up joined it would be nice, but just proper scheduling to meet their broadcast hours would at least be something
cwathen
Founding member
MarkN posted:
How do TopUp TV handle the switch from one channel to another when one time slot finishes and another begins?
For instance, do they broadcast a caption for a few minutes/seconds? Is there a "goodbye" message from the previous broadcaster and a "welcome" message from the next? Or do they do something else?
For instance, do they broadcast a caption for a few minutes/seconds? Is there a "goodbye" message from the previous broadcaster and a "welcome" message from the next? Or do they do something else?
They don't do anything, just a hard switch from one to the next, with the off air MHEG caption on the closed channel (customised to show the channel's broadcast hours in the white box at the top right). On the 'on air' channel, they then just cut from the MHEG to the channel source when the videostream becomes available.
As I've also noted above though, bizarre things with colour bar testcards happen if they can't join/leave a channel at a junction.
As i've also said above, they need more co-operation from their channel providers to accomodate Top Up TV, little embelishments like 'hello if you've just joined us' in the link into the first programme on the channel from when Top Up joined it would be nice, but just proper scheduling to meet their broadcast hours would at least be something