Doctor Who 3D in DD5.1 on all platforms
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Confirmed this morning that Doctor Who 3D will be broadcast with DD5.1 sound on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Taking-the-Doctor-to-the-next-dimension
Channel numbers for 3D are:-
Freeview 303
Sky 977
Virgin 994
Freesat 980
And, in answer to your question @popeye, I'm delighted to confirm that The Day of the Doctor in 3D will indeed be broadcast in surround sound. BBC Red Button HD will be Dolby 5.1 from c. 6pm this evening until it closes. That applies across DTT, satellite and Virgin Media. This is possible now partially because The Day of the Doctor is a pre-record (live events are harder) and also because we have made some short-term changes to our configurations that give us the extra bitrate we needed. I hope you enjoy it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Taking-the-Doctor-to-the-next-dimension
Channel numbers for 3D are:-
Freeview 303
Sky 977
Virgin 994
Freesat 980
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The regular feed will also be 5.1
Thanks for the Sky number
I will record it in 5.1, 3-D
Thanks for the Sky number
I will record it in 5.1, 3-D
Watching a recording of the BBC 1 HD broadcast now on BT Vision, coming through as 'stereo' on my amp
Via optical. I can get DD5.1 on C4 and BT Sport?
I remember on the BBC blog page that it was stated 5.1 will be on ALL platform, that includes DTT which BT TV uses.
Yeah, just double checked with an earlier recording of the Big Bang Theory on C4, definately DD on that. I have noticed fewer DD5.1 broadcasts on my BT Vision box compared to my Humax PVR since switching boxes, I had just assumed that was coincidence? Maybe not.
Shame really...
I don't know what a DTT stream is? Would a Humax HD Freeview box get a different stream?
No, they use the same channel.
BT Vision boxes aren't Freeview HD are they? Don't the HD PSBs come via IPTV?
DTT was indeed 5.1, and a glorious mix it was too.
They need an aerial connection for DTT services apparently.
For the SD DTT channels, but they don't have a DVB-T2 tuner so any HD content is delivered over the internet.
BT YouView boxes do have Freeview HD tuners.
On another not, shame the BBC One announcer didn't even mention the 3D broadcast or where to find it.
Yes, that was a rather odd omission.
So is there a technical reason why I didn't get DD5.1 via the BT Vision box? Now that I think about it I don't recall any BBC HD programmes coming through in 5.1. Definitely comes through on C4 and BT Sport
Could my amp be the problem? It is getting on a bit but I can get C4 and BT Sport in DD5.1.
Would BBC HD 1 use a different codec?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Anniversary-Special-Blu-ray/dp/B00F37VHPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385295255&sr=8-1&keywords=day+of+the+doctor+blu-ray
Not until the 2nd December though.
The issue would appear to be that the BBC IPTV stream as emitted is simply a stereo feed. I would have thought that the codec would be the same (but I have no real insight in that area).
I would say that's correct. There's no DD sound on any of the iPlayer streams that I've come across.
Even though there is DD via Sky's on demand service for their own and other third party channels' content, the BBC programmes are always just stereo.
That is ridiculous.