At the moment, AC3 suddenly dropped on NPO1 HD, 23.5. while I was watching.
Confirmed by others, using varied equipment, so I think it is safe to say this is a provider related issue, and switching to another OpenPLi release is unrelated (just tried 8.3, 9.0, develop, scarthgap and OpenVIX 6.6, all having exactly the same issue).
The MPEG audio stream is not affected, and works fine.
Currently in use: VU+ Duo 4K (2xFBC S2), VU+ Solo 4K (1xFBC S2), uClan Usytm 4K Ultimate (S2+T2), Octagon SF8008 (S2+T2), Zgemma H9.2H (S2+T2)
Due to my bad health, I will not be very active at times and may be slow to respond. I will not read the forum or PM on a regular basis.
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