The front page is overloaded, but if you managed to get in, the stream should be fine since RTM uses 3rd party CDN for the stream itself instead of hosting it themselves

If Free to air, RTM tested HD broadcast during the 2008 Olympics, but that was limited to Klang Valley.

Can't say I remember. Might be 2017 with the introduction of MYTV? Interestingly TV3 and TV8 are still SD on Astro, but HD on UnifiTV

TV9 is HD on Unifi TV even tho it's SD on Astro and MYTV. Likely Media Prima does not want to pay for the HD bandwidth to MYTV

UnifiTV does not carry Sukan RTM IIRC. It's solely on MYTV and RTMKlik.

Where can I find the source article for this?

EDIT: No wonder I can't find the article, it's in Chinese

https://www.facebook.com/enjoytvmy/posts/pf...BtmkaPWRQKpw7cl

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Nov 1 2022, 09:46 AM

If it's mytv, the it's nationwide

Selangor already has SelangorTV, but it's online only

This is a legacy byproduct of our broadcasting system (using a similar one from Europe) where they uses LCN (Logical Channel Numbers). So the TV will auto scan and insert the appropriate channels accoding to the LCN list. Hence TV1, TV2 and TV3 when it started. IIRC when we started broadcasting with UHF, channel 4-6 was still being allocated to LCN, so that's why we then starts with 7 (NTV 7, 8TV, TV9).

Now both LCN and UHF are depreciated, RTM took TV6.

Just checked. RTM has no lag for me in Setapak area

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Dec 31 2022, 10:02 PM

That would need total network coverage everywhere. As long as there are far flung places which can only be serviced by an antenna, then normal TV will still exist

>“We already have sports coverage via RTM Sukan that can be accessed through the RTMKlik mobile app. But for those who don’t have smartphones, I want to have a free-to-air channel for sports, if possible.

Fahmi forgot that RTM Sports can be access via MyFreeview? That is FTA as it can get. Sometimes I wonder if our minister never actually try to see what stuffs are already available for us B40s.

Technically we are still using fishbone antenna for Myfreeview 🤭

Ever wanted to watch MyFreeview on your PC but you don't really like RTM Klik's quality? Well you can do it yourself, with a few investment.

First, you would need a DVB-T2 to USB receiver. Note that if you want to receive and view both mux at the same time, you would need to buy two of these receivers, two antennas (and if you have difficulty getting signal, two boosters as well).


These receivers are low powered, and I usually just plug in both into a USB HUB.


For the software, I am using NextPVR, since it works with Windows.





If you configure it correctly, you can now watch myfreeview from OTA straight to your browser


But if you want the full 50FPS 1080i de-interlaced experience, you can also get the URL playlist, and open it from VLC



This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Feb 19 2023, 04:22 PM

No. Astro is encrypted. OTA/Myfreeview is not encrypted because, well it's free broadcast

I haven't update my scan for months. So maybe if I re-scan, it would disappear from the list

Well the multiplex being cheaper would also mean that stations could broadcast in HD cheaper, so in a way this is one of the way to get stations like Media prima to broadcast in HD.

if it's interlaced, you don't need until 6 or 7Mbps. 4Mbps interlaced should look similar to 8Mbps progressive. Heck, Astro plug and play is only streaming at 4.5Mbps and it looks decent. The issue is the encoding done before broadcasting, which sacrifice quality over speed. RTM in particular is guilty in this, with quite subpar picture. But to be honest, for the average Malaysian consumer they won't even notice any quality difference.

you are confusing VBR with Adaptive Bitrate. VBR is taking one video source, and then through encoding, you will get either higher or lower bitrate depending on the scene within the same video file (the resolution does not even change).

Adaptive bitrate meanwhile is what streaming services are using. There is a manifest file that a player will read (either m3u8 or now used by mostly large companies, mpd), and it list down the various bitrates and resolution that the player can choose from the server depending on the internet speed. Each bitrate choice is encoded with CBR, since VBR is not adviseable for live encoding.

And it's easy to see the bitrate that Astro uses since Astro Go, Plug and Play and Sooka basically uses the same source. Taking the 1080p Sooka manifest you can see that the highest quality that Astro offers through streaming is 1080p 50FPS 4Mbps CBR.

Because Josh, you are certainly not grouped in what I mean as an average Malaysian. For an enthutiast like you, yes you would likely notice that pixelations and compression issues. But whenever I tell the same things to my friends or colleague, which I would classfiy as an "average, low to middle income Malaysians", they say the picture looks fine, and to them, it's really "good".

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Mar 8 2023, 07:23 AM

Yeah, I did see someone complained about it. But I checked mine (KL tower) and it's still working for me around KL area