[mpeg2] Re: Another question about MPEX & PCR

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 11:15, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> sorry for the huge amount of questions, but...
>
> I am wondering if the MPEG2 TS produced by an MPEX board is good enough
> for a DVB receiver. I have been told that the DVB standard requires a
> PCR every at least 40ms (the MPEG standard says 100ms). Can anyone
> confirm this? If yes, I guess I have a big problem: the MPEX card is
> generating PCRs at intervals of 40.357333ms, 41.360000ms, and 40.858667
> (I found out this result by reading the values contained in the PCRs,
> and computing the difference between two consecutive values).
>
> Is it possible to change this? (I.E., is the hardware able to generate
> PCRs every - let's say - 33ms, or is it only able to generate PCRs every
> about 40 ms?). It seems that most DVB streams have a PCR every about
> 33ms (I am talking about PAL, not NTSC).

Hmm, I don't see anything like that in the SAA6752hs docs unfortunately.