Sexview issues since Friday 30th Oct?

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elmin said:
I noticed that one channel in the SV 12+ package isn't run by the same operator as the others. The mature content/Bi/Trans channel is listed at SatcoDX as being run by 'Scopus' (scopus.net), not 'MuxTV' (muxtv.com) - an entirely different satellite playout company.

I didn't know that.
This is off this topic's theme, but ...
I chose the SexView package partly because I actively want a mature content and/or bi channel, so your discovery might suggest why the 'TV' channel lost all its content some time ago, which seemed to be transexual/bi, and apparently moved it to the mature content channel.
Not that I have any interest in transexual mature content, or indeed much of the content they transmit on the mature content channel.
ie '12+' became 11 channels of actual content + a channel of only promotions, but SexView appear to still be promoting their package as 12 channels.

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elmin said:
Hi cat,

I just re-read your post a little more carefully. I'm not seeing any 'breakup' or 'juddering'. Perhaps you do have a faulty dish/lnb on top of the current SV 12+ Viaccess problems ? Have you checked the signal strength and quality bars on your receiver to make sure you have an adequate signal ?


My problem is that the channels take ages to clear. Yes, they are also usually blocky because they are running at a very low bitrate ( see satcodx.com for the actual numbers) as of October-ish, but they don't break up or judder once the channel has cleared.

I just checked my signal strength etc on that particular transponder and it’s absolutely fine. I also just today took receipt of a Viaccess 3 Cam but it makes no difference. Pretty much all other channels from 13°E (like the Mediaset ones) are just fine also so I doubt it’s the LNB (or dish)? This problem has only existed for a month. It’s just like it - but I just renewed my sub 6 weeks ago. 'O'-red
 

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I noticed that one channel in the SV 12+ package isn't run by the same operator as the others. The mature content/Bi/Trans channel is listed at SatcoDX as being run by 'Scopus' (scopus.net), not 'MuxTV' (muxtv.com) - an entirely different satellite playout company....

...If you want to test your config to see if you have LNB problems, try just that channel - my guess is that it should still work if your LNB is OK.

OK. I too had this channel non-available. Now I look, you are absolutely right. It’s working just fine. Not blocky; not stop-starting; not jerky.

I think that’s conclusive. It’s not an lnb/dish/local receiver problem; it’s a SV problem.

I’m now going to wash my eyes out. :-rofl2
 

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Apparantly all will be back to normal by 14th December.

A Source please?******
 

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looks like it's not just SV that can't manage to avoid a blocky picture when they change coders, expecting an improvement...

Typical transmission bit rates have tumbled from 16-19Mb/s to an average 9.7Mb/s, with the BBC saying it has done this as a result of new compression encoding equipment that had been installed

Nevertheless, Keating[BBC head of archive content] also confirmed that the new compression equipment had resulted in unacceptable artifacts. "On occasion, a change in technology may have unpredicted results: it's clear for instance that the August switch from the old-generation coders to the new set caused a number of visible problems on air.
from www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/daily-satellite-broadcast-industry-news/164317-bbc-admits-hdtv-being-squeezed.html

BBC and SV cost you about the same, after all...
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elmin said:
looks like it's not just SV that can't manage to avoid a blocky picture when they change coders
Do we think the SV problem is due to a change in coders, rather than squeezing in more channels / intentionally reducing the bit rates?
 

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leecovuk said:
Do we think the SV problem is due to a change in coders, rather than squeezing in more channels / intentionally reducing the bit rates?

change and change back due to issues with irdeto apparantly.
 

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leecovuk said:
Do we think the SV problem is due to a change in coders, rather than squeezing in more channels / intentionally reducing the bit rates?

Dunno - I don't know what we're seeing at the moment - the reduced bitrate on the old coder or the new. :confused

this article on bitrate

_www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/tutorial/bitrate.html

makes me think that no MPEG-2 coder can make a decent job of removing blockiness with an average channel bitrate of less than 1Mbit/s

I guess there are more optimistic versions of the graph it shows in the glossy brochures of the MPEG coder manufacturers.

Just have to wait and see, I s'pose...
 

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I'm receiving nothing on any channels at the moment, including the FTA 'TV' channel.
Maybe they're further proving they know how to wreck a business, or they're changing over some equipment.
 

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The above may be due to a problem with my receiver; I don't know; I can see the channels if I skip through them from one direction, but not from the other .... weird.

Anyway, all the channels are currently running no content and only promos for a new 'Theme X' SexView service starting on December 10th. The on-screen details say SexView has been bought out by Theme X, and they will have 8 channels with 'poor picture quality a thing of the past.'
Current subscribers will apparently get this replacement service.

:eek:
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leecovuk said:
The above may be due to a problem with my receiver; I don't know; I can see the channels if I skip through them from one direction, but not from the other .... weird.

I still have exactly the same Viaccess problem. Channels are taking ages to clear, even to show this Theme X SV promo.The equipment hasn't changed afaics, only the picture being transmitted.

It's only shrinking down to 8 channels in response to SCT, I guess. The original channel war they had with SCT was a bloody stupid idea, anyway. I was happy when SV was just 2 channels. They transmitted program guide, they showed the whole film and it was good quality.
 

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leecovuk said:
The above may be due to a problem with my receiver; I don't know; I can see the channels if I skip through them from one direction, but not from the other .... weird.

I still have exactly the same Viaccess problem. Channels are taking ages to clear, even to show this Theme X SV promo.The equipment hasn't changed afaics, only the picture being transmitted.

It's only shrinking down to 8 channels in response to SCT, I guess. The original channel war they had with SCT was a bloody stupid idea, anyway. I was happy when SV was just 2 channels. They transmitted program guide, they showed the whole film and it was good quality.
 

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Hello Elmin,

Which receiver do you have? If the same as mine (see my details on the left), it's possible it may be contributing to some problems as the firmware is buggy.

I only started with SexView about 11 months ago. They used to actually have a programme guide? wow hehe how things have changed.

I suppose we'll just have to see what appears on the 10th, regarding picture quality etc.
It appears we will be pornless until then, which I would have thought they could have avoided.

If you haven't rescanned, the new channel names are in place. 8 channels of content and some 'info' channels.

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Hello Elmin,

Which receiver do you have? If the same as mine (see my details on the left), it's possible it may be contributing to some problems as the firmware is buggy.

I only started with SexView about 11 months ago. They used to actually have a programme guide? wow hehe how things have changed.

I suppose we'll just have to see what appears on the 10th, regarding picture quality etc.
It appears we will be pornless until then, which I would have thought they could have avoided.

If you haven't rescanned, the new channel names are in place. 8 channels of content and some 'info' channels.

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Is it 7 or 8 years SV has been going?
 

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s_x View has ceased broadcasting, and will be re-launched as Theme X TV from the 10th December.

This apparantly is not just a rebranding excersise, we are informed that s_x view has in fact been taken over by another operator.

The new package will have 8 not 11 channels + promo, broadcasting 6 films a day per channel, 4 of which will be new releases.

This follows several months of speculation as the old s_x View channels video quality had deteriorated over the past couple of months with more films being repeated.

Theme X TV promises less repeats, newer films and a wider range of content. The channels will be known as: Theme X – Hardcore, Theme X – Interracial, Theme X – Groups, Theme X – 18, Theme X – Fetish, Theme X – Catch, Theme X – Peep and Theme X – Trans.

Theme X TV will honour all subscription cards all ready bought for the length of the remaining subscription, and those already on sale.

However, the price of the new package will be in the region of £119.00 for 12 months, considerably less than the old package.

Theme X TV Card info here;


http://www.viewtech.tv/adult-viewing-cards/theme-x-tv
 

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s_x View has ceased broadcasting, and will be re-launched as Theme X TV from the 10th December.

This apparantly is not just a rebranding excersise, we are informed that s_x view has in fact been taken over by another operator.

The new package will have 8 not 11 channels + promo, broadcasting 6 films a day per channel, 4 of which will be new releases.

This follows several months of speculation as the old s_x View channels video quality had deteriorated over the past couple of months with more films being repeated.

Theme X TV promises less repeats, newer films and a wider range of content. The channels will be known as: Theme X – Hardcore, Theme X – Interracial, Theme X – Groups, Theme X – 18, Theme X – Fetish, Theme X – Catch, Theme X – Peep and Theme X – Trans.

Theme X TV will honour all subscription cards all ready bought for the length of the remaining subscription, and those already on sale.

However, the price of the new package will be in the region of £119.00 for 12 months, considerably less than the old package.

Theme X TV Card info here;


http://www.viewtech.tv/adult-viewing-cards/theme-x-tv
 

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leecovuk said:
Hello Elmin,

Which receiver do you have? If the same as mine (see my details on the left), it's possible it may be contributing to some problems as the firmware is buggy.

I have a famous-name brand SD box with embedded Viaccess. I wanted a rock-solid box, so I bought a 'name'. It is a few years old.

There is a worry that the problem is not Viaccess but actually unusual MPEG2 video being produced by their new coders that some boxes have problems decoding.

The fact that your box - one with the latest MPEG chipset in it - also has problems makes me think that this may not be the case, but it is still a worry.

If it turns out that the MPEG chipset in my box can't cope with any dodgy MPEG that these new coders may be transmitting, then I'll definitely have to renew with some other provider - I'm not buying a brand new box just to get SV working on SD, that's 100% definite.

I'd planned on upgrading to an S2/MPEG-4 HD combo box like yours if they decided to go that route, but for no other reason.
 

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leecovuk said:
Hello Elmin,

Which receiver do you have? If the same as mine (see my details on the left), it's possible it may be contributing to some problems as the firmware is buggy.

I have a famous-name brand SD box with embedded Viaccess. I wanted a rock-solid box, so I bought a 'name'. It is a few years old.

There is a worry that the problem is not Viaccess but actually unusual MPEG2 video being produced by their new coders that some boxes have problems decoding.

The fact that your box - one with the latest MPEG chipset in it - also has problems makes me think that this may not be the case, but it is still a worry.

If it turns out that the MPEG chipset in my box can't cope with any dodgy MPEG that these new coders may be transmitting, then I'll definitely have to renew with some other provider - I'm not buying a brand new box just to get SV working on SD, that's 100% definite.

I'd planned on upgrading to an S2/MPEG-4 HD combo box like yours if they decided to go that route, but for no other reason.
 
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