IIRC after you change to Satellite mode, you need to go to Astro's self care website and refresh your smartcard
https://help.astro.com.my/question/can-i-re...ard-in-my-astro

No, mine was Plug n PLay. I need to reset my card afterwards in the website to make it work. I presume he didn't do the same thing.

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Oct 4 2023, 05:32 AM

He did say that if he changed back to PnP, all the channels came back, which makes me wonder if the refresh process did suceed. If it succeeded, then changing back to PnP should not work.

RIP no fact checking news

There's a post earlier up that says it's also ceasing from Myfreeview.

I presume likely due to it's multiple cases with MCMC? 🤔

Your rage aside, there is yet an official service provider that has used AV1 yet.

1. It's still new.
2. Yes, you now have devices that able to decode AV1, but you do realise for you to decode AV1, the medium needs to be encoded into AV1 first?
3. Encoding AV1 on the fly takes a lot of processing power compared to x264 and even HEVC, both wich already have cheap and decent conaumer grade encoders. This is why right now, most people are only using AV1 for storage purposes, or if their streaming, only for on demand and not live.
4. For backward compatibility wise, a lot of provider are still using x264 because it is supported by just about everything, from your simple web browser, to most smart devices. So instead of doing multiple encodes of AV1 and x264 to make sure that it's playable on every device the customer has, it's easier to just encode to x264. This means even the cheapskate of customer that has a very basic phone can install, use and stream from AstroGo. And more importantly, YOU ARE SAVING SPACE BY NOT ENCODING TWICE.

Yeah, there are new technology. But just because they are, does not mean it will be immediately picked up and be used. Even HEVC took nearly a decade before it's widely used. And that does not include those "future" codecs that's are widely touted to be the future, but ended up not even been used. Remember VP9? It was said to be the future since it's royalty free, but nobody ended up using it.

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Oct 6 2023, 07:23 PM

Yeah, but that's also because they were the one of the creator of that coded, and was trying to push it's usage, but nobody else bothered.
FWIW, the current industry standard right now is
- Anything 1080p and below: x264
- Anything 4K and above: HEVC.

Astro is unlikely going to differ from the industry standard since most of the devices for their use, as well the devices for our (customer) use are still based on this, so it's cheaper to follow the standard.
Once 8K becomes the norm, we might see the addition of AV1 as an industry standard. But that unlikely be for a while, since 8K TVs are not really cheap.

Seems that W-Sport has picked up Malaysia's Super League Netball

Also this is basically the same feed you will get via Plug and Play if you're using the Ultra and Ulti box. 1080p50 @ 3.8mbps

Astro: Itu PMX/Fahmi janji, bukan kami.

Eh it's no more listed on Astro Go

But we are not talking about MyTV

Tak pernah perasan 😅

someone found extra money they finally can pay kot.

They are using AWS's CDN for the HLS.

https://d1fk7kbmz4il3.cloudfront.net

Name:


Even the main page is hosted on AWS


Likely there is a flurry on the auth server when people are trying to login at the same time, and overwhelmed it. I usually experience the same thing with Formula1.com's login page whenever a practice session start since people are logging in for the live timing.

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Oct 17 2023, 10:07 PM

Astro has picked up the A-League Men rights. Previously it was carried by Bein Sports, but I presume they dropped it after they got the rights to Bundesliga this season

Likely similar to Rugby World Cup by BEIN, where there will be dedicated channels for terrestrial broadcasters (who are willing to pay *cough*), and for normal fans, they can subscribe directly from SPOTV paying a one time fee to watch via their app.

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Nov 20 2023, 04:03 PM

https://torrentfreak.com/disney-pulls-tv-ch...un-riot-231113/

Apparently there has yet to be a replacement for Disney's affiliated channels (Fox/Nat Geo) in Vietnam after their pullout from this region, and Disney Hotstar is not even launched there yet. So the Vietnamese govt are blaming this for piracy over there.

Duit masuk Astro gak in the end.

A number of countries are taking this direct to the source, and not only yhr box itself. IIRC some entertainment companies in the US are now targeting SVI (of the SVI Cloud fame). And there are a tonne of infos uncovered, such as the company is based in Hong Kong, but is registered to an address in Penang.

https://torrentfreak.com/ace-applauds-svicl...topping-231006/
devices was confiscated by Taiwan anti piracy raid earlier this year

Thing is, there is no contract. So it's not like Astro where you need to pay contract if you cancel early. For Sooka you can cancel it without penalty

On other news, the Piala Malaysia finals will be broadcasted in 4K UHD on channel 806. I think this will be the first time that a Malaysian football match is broadcasted in 4K?


This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Dec 1 2023, 11:17 AM