Does DSTV know it's 2026 and these resolutions don't cut it?

abudabi

abudabi

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I'm genuinely curious what the rationale is behind keeping the browser streams such low quality. I'm streaming on the highest setting and it averages 3Mbps which is less than 720p quality.

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Looking at the network info seems to confirm that.

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    </AdaptationSet>
    <AdaptationSet id="5" group="2" contentType="video" par="16:9" minBandwidth="400000" maxBandwidth="1500000" maxWidth="1024" maxHeight="576" segmentAlignment="true" sar="1:1" frameRate="25" mimeType="video/mp4" startWithSAP="1">

      <Representation id="video=400000" bandwidth="400000" width="640" height="360" codecs="avc1.4D401E" scanType="progressive">
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="video=800000" bandwidth="800000" width="768" height="432" codecs="avc1.4D401E" scanType="progressive">
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="video=1500000" bandwidth="1500000" width="1024" height="576" codecs="avc1.4D401F" scanType="progressive">
      </Representation>
      </AdaptationSet>

I know I'll get the typical "corporate greed" type answers... but is that really it? Are PC users maybe such a small subset of their subscribers that they just don't care?

EDIT: Surely it's false advertising to say up to 1080p when it's technically not possible to achieve it with the above parameters coded into their streams?
 
Are you using a browser or the app?
 
abudabi said:
Lol.. my very first sentence dude.
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Aaah somehow missed the browser part. Switch to using the app. There's a reason there is an app, browser shouldn't be used to watch streaming. Netflix limits browser to full HD for most, Edge allows 2160p. All Linux browsers are 720p still, are you running windows?
But as you said it's 2026, who still watches on a browser??
 
BBSA said:
@Brian_G how do you watch DSTV?
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Satellite, like a dinosaur - browser streaming not an option for me anymore. But what does "app" mean? :p


@abudabi - a friend (also on this forum sometimes) did an analysis for them years ago, found among many other issues that Randburg HQ was redirecting via some strange server in Cape Town and suggested they chiefly change that. They actually listened, and service improved a lot!
A couple of months later someone had put the redirection link back in 🤷‍♂️

Best you can hope for is that Multiploos has enough interest in fixing it. Maybe by 2027 or 8?
 
Brian_G said:
Satellite, like a dinosaur - browser streaming not an option for me anymore. But what does "app" mean?


@abudabi - a friend (also on this forum sometimes) did an analysis for them years ago, found among many other issues that Randburg HQ was redirecting via some strange server in Cape Town and suggested they chiefly change that. They actually listened, and service improved a lot!
A couple of months later someone had put the redirection back in

Best you can hope for is that Multiploos has enough interest in fixing it. Maybe by 2027 or 8?
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Chances of this are slim...
What have the French said
 
BBSA said:
Getting to old for a browser?
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I wouldn't talk, oupa

Nah, one of the things they successfully switched off was any streaming. And now even my EasyView can't 'cos no Ubuntu updates for the latest DRM yet.
 
Brian_G said:
Given the under-sea cable issues the last few years, that could be risky.
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If you use a good CDN they have multiple routes and often their own dedicated traffic. Many sites that were not down the last number of times are not hosted here.
 
B-1 said:
If you use a good CDN they have multiple routes and often their own dedicated traffic. Many sites that were not down the last number of times are not hosted here.
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Are the French bright enough for going this route though? Guess we'll find out.
 
the French are busy swearing like The Merovingian in the Matrix as they're realizing what a pile of rubbish they just dropped so much money on...
 
Lupus said:
Something they'll learn
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Maybe if we tie their CEO to a chair, tape his eyelids open, make him read this forum..


neoprema said:
the French are busy swearing like The Merovingian in the Matrix as they're realizing what a pile of rubbish they just dropped so much money on...
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Nah. They've been around for years already, have more than a clue what goes on. Only the red tape held things up.
I think their cost cutting ventures are hurting them though, you can't force Africa to do anything.
 
Brian_G said:
Maybe if we tie their CEO to a chair, tape his eyelids open, make him read this forum..




Nah. They've been around for years already, have more than a clue what goes on. Only the red tape held things up.
I think their cost cutting ventures are hurting them though, you can't force Africa to do anything.
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Yeah there is a reason certain things are done this way
 
Brian_G said:
Maybe if we tie their CEO to a chair, tape his eyelids open, make him read this forum..




Nah. They've been around for years already, have more than a clue what goes on. Only the red tape held things up.
I think their cost cutting ventures are hurting them though, you can't force Africa to do anything.
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True, it is a very different market. Although, generally as you say their experience counts for something too.
 
neoprema said:
True, it is a very different market. Although, generally as you say their experience counts for something too.
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I think it should be a really interesting next couple of years, but expecting more disappointments as well. Maybe it's the sports lovers who'll win the most.
 
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