Tested so far on iPhone and Mac, both look like civil war footage. 480p at best!

Perhaps people mentioning problems could also include their ISP, just in case it is something specific.

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Had a look at the TVNZ 1/2/DUKE livestreams on the website, it appears that in the backend they are now 1080p50 with 5.1 audio - however they explicitly filter these options from being returned to the web client at least. They are also DRM'd now (with Widevine/Playready/Fairplay depending on your client).

 

Here's the ffprobe output of the livestream for those interested in the exact codecs etc:

 

 

 

  Duration: N/A, start: 1776680932.010667, bitrate: 19523 kb/s
  Program 0
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 416x234 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 180 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680932.080000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 299968
      id              : video-234p25-300
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:1: Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 412 kb/s, 50 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.080000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 699968
      id              : video-360p25-700
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:2: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 768x432 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 762 kb/s, 50 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.080000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 1200000
      id              : video-432p25-1200
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:3: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1024x576 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1206 kb/s, 50 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.080000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 1800000
      id              : video-576p25-1800
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:4: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2213 kb/s, 50 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.080000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 2400000
      id              : video-720p25-2400
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:5: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3764 kb/s, 100 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.040000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 4800000
      id              : video-720p50-4800
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:6: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 4506 kb/s, 50 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.080000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 4200000
      id              : video-1080p25-4200
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:7: Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 6066 kb/s, 100 tbr, 50k tbn, start 1776680938.040000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 6000000
      id              : video-1080p50-6000
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:8(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 93 kb/s, start 1776680932.010667 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 96000
      id              : aac-96k
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:9(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 125 kb/s, start 1776680932.010667 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 128000
      id              : aac-128k
    Side data:
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)
  Stream #0:10(eng): Audio: eac3 (ec-3 / 0x332D6365), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 192 kb/s, start 1776680938.016000 (default)
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 192000
      id              : eac3-192k
    Side data:
      Audio Service Type: main
      Encryption initialization data: (102 bytes)

 

Nice work. Is there any chance we can get access to a 1080 feed for devices like Kodi?

Wow, this upgrade sucks. Now have to quit the app every time I use it on the Apple TV. I wonder if we’ll ever see a Freeview app released to ATV in our lifetime…..

halper86:

 

Tested so far on iPhone and Mac, both look like civil war footage. 480p at best!

 

Quic here. Also tried Spark 5G.

On my TV setup the app seemed to update OK.  But I can get NOTHING to play.  Some programmes I can raise the introductory screen, but the only options are "You might like", and "My List".  No play option.  No remote buttons work.  "My List" is an empty black screen.

Apple TV 4K 128GB, tvOS 26.4.  ISP: One Ultrafast HFC.

halper86:

 

Tested so far on iPhone and Mac, both look like civil war footage. 480p at best!

 

You are likely seeing the 432p 1.2Mb/s stream I've been getting on Apple TV.

I have been able to get 1080p on a few movies I have tested on a web browser. A lot of stuff seems to max out at 720p though.

openmedia:

 

Nice work. Is there any chance we can get access to a 1080 feed for devices like Kodi?

 

It's definitely possible. The main issue is the DRM, and there's a bit of a complex sequence of HTTP requests that needs to happen before you can get a DRM license, so I imagine it might only be possible inside of an addon rather than through a generic IPTV addon. But to actually activate the higher quality feeds its just a matter of removing a couple of URL parameters that do the actual filtering.

Maybe at some point they'll update the live stream for Freeview to use the same source (since that will need to have a simpler (or no) DRM flow), rather than having to maintain two feeds, but I'm not holding my breath!

May have missed it but haven’t seen any reference to this in other media.

Apart from the UI mess, that may be because, unlike people here on GZ, the average viewer doesn’t really care (or know or understand) about resolution and picture quality. Many of our friends would be oblivious to this and would just watch it.

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openmedia:

 

Nice work. Is there any chance we can get access to a 1080 feed for devices like Kodi?

 

 

It's definitely possible. The main issue is the DRM, and there's a bit of a complex sequence of HTTP requests that needs to happen before you can get a DRM license, so I imagine it might only be possible inside of an addon rather than through a generic IPTV addon. But to actually activate the higher quality feeds its just a matter of removing a couple of URL parameters that do the actual filtering.

 

Maybe at some point they'll update the live stream for Freeview to use the same source (since that will need to have a simpler (or no) DRM flow), rather than having to maintain two feeds, but I'm not holding my breath!

 

Kodi on most devices already supports WideVine DRM, it became a requirement for the previous big TVNZ+ update.

Anyone had any luck blocking ads via firefox when watching from computer? Seems the update has stopped it from working like before.

freitasm:

 

Here's the problem I'm seeing on the Amazon Fire TV Stick. It looks like they have not updated the old app with the correct Amazon links.

 

 

The Amazon Fire TV app received an update overnight, working now.

eracode:

 

May have missed it but haven’t seen any reference to this in other media.

 

Maybe because, unlike people here on GZ, the average viewer doesn’t really care (or know or understand) about resolution and picture quality. Many of our friends would be oblivious to this and would just watch it.

 

Well I'm sure they wouldn't bag their own platform on 1News :).

Quality has marginally improved since yesterday, someone is listening!