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The channel's been capable of going widescreen since its playout moved to the Broadcast Centre - but everything going into the playout suite had to be ARCed into (or produced in) 14:9 letterbox or 4:3 fullscreen. This changed sometime last year when they flicked a switch and the channel was produced in 16:9, then ARCed into 14:9 letterbox further downstream.
Yep - wasn't this a policy change - ARC the output of the channel not the input? The BC operation has been 16:9 capable from the start - unlike the 4:3 analogue set-up at TV Centre...
Is it a permanent 14:9 ARC - or can 4:3 content be broadcast 4:3 (either by aspect header switching or by AFDing a pillarbox?)
I guess it's no longer ARCed at all - the whole channel is produced, broadcast, and flagged as 16:9.
Though presumably most analogue services are fed from DVB-S receivers - so as long as they are configured for 4:3 output - either letterbox or centre-cut - the image will be the right shape?
The issue will be receivers that are set-up incorrectly...
I was pleasantly surprised to find a DVB-S receiver set up correctly in centre cut-out mode in the hotel room I was in over the weekend - though some of the studio shots weren't framed very well for 4:3 protected...
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noggin posted:
thegeek posted:
The channel's been capable of going widescreen since its playout moved to the Broadcast Centre - but everything going into the playout suite had to be ARCed into (or produced in) 14:9 letterbox or 4:3 fullscreen. This changed sometime last year when they flicked a switch and the channel was produced in 16:9, then ARCed into 14:9 letterbox further downstream.
Yep - wasn't this a policy change - ARC the output of the channel not the input? The BC operation has been 16:9 capable from the start - unlike the 4:3 analogue set-up at TV Centre...
Is it a permanent 14:9 ARC - or can 4:3 content be broadcast 4:3 (either by aspect header switching or by AFDing a pillarbox?)
I guess it's no longer ARCed at all - the whole channel is produced, broadcast, and flagged as 16:9.
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Though presumably most analogue services are fed from DVB-S receivers - so as long as they are configured for 4:3 output - either letterbox or centre-cut - the image will be the right shape?
The issue will be receivers that are set-up incorrectly...
The stream is quite smooth and clear. Note that when you click on the pop up button, the screen freezes to the old BBC World logo. 
Weird that I dont see it linked anywhere. I chanced upon it from a video story.