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EPG can be enabled on more than one transport stream within a network – all these streams will then
carry full schedule information, if they are available from the source.
The EIT schedule will be merged with the EIT Present/Following and Actual/Other.
11.3.1 PLAYOUT RATE, PLAYOUT LIMIT, AND PRIORITY
There are three parameters that can be modified when configuring your schedule information:
The amount of bandwidth you want to allocate for schedule and present/following
information (the higher the playout rate, the shorter the rotation time).
The amount of schedule information being sent out.
The number of times schedule information for the next 12 hours is repeated in your
carousel.
When enabled, the EIT-Schedule Actual table will only be sent on this output. The
EIT Schedule Other will be disabled.
Assuming 1 rotation = r, the figures below illustrate these three parameters and how they can influence
the output of schedule information.
Figure 11.9 - Setting a Playout Rate
Figure 11.9 above illustrates the amount of schedule information sent in one rotation if the Playout Rate
is modified.
• In the first box, suppose the Playout Rate is X.
1 Rotation
1 Rotation
Slow Playout Rate = X
Fast Playout Rate = 2 X
First 12 hours of EPG data
Data being transmitted in 1
rotation