[vdr] Re: How-to convert channels.conf to vdr 1.1.6 ?

["Manfred Schmidt-Voigt" <Manfred.schmidt-voigt@mannitec.de>]

Hi Klaus,

do you have some plans when you will increase the Uniqueness of the
channelnumbers? I have problems with all these nice french radiostations:

LES RADIOS 1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:168:0:1:8509
LES RADIOS 2:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:236:0:1:8510
LES RADIOS 3:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1941:0:1:8511
Hector:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:168:0:1:8509
France Musique:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1901:0:1:8509
Elisa:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1902:0:1:8509
France Inter Paris:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1903:0:1:8509
France Info:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1904:0:1:8509
France Inter:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1905:0:1:8509
France Culture:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1906:0:1:8509
Radio Bleue:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1907:0:1:8509
Radio France Inter.:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1908:0:1:8509
Radio Classique:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1909:0:1:8509
RTL:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1910:0:1:8509
Europe 1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1911:0:1:8509
Radio Monte Carlo:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1912:0:1:8509
Rire et Chansons:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1913:0:1:8509
Sud Radio:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1914:0:1:8509
Montmartre FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1915:0:1:8509
Sport O'FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1916:0:1:8509
BFM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1918:0:1:8509
NRJ:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:236:0:1:8510
Europe 2:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:237:0:1:8510
RTL 2:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:238:0:1:8510
Sky Rock:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:239:0:1:8510
Fun Radio:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:240:0:1:8510
Le Mouv:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:241:0:1:8510
Radio Nova:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:242:0:1:8510
Radio FG:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:243:0:1:8510
Vibration:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:244:0:1:8510
Contact FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:245:0:1:8510
Radio Nostalgie:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:246:0:1:8510
Latina 99:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:247:0:1:8510
RFM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:248:0:1:8510
Cherie FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:249:0:1:8510
Alouette:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:250:0:1:8510
Voltage:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:251:0:1:8510
Oui FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:252:0:1:8510
Ado FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:253:0:1:8510
Paris Jazz:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:254:0:1:8510
Radio Thollon:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:255:0:1:8510
RFI Musique:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1941:0:1:8511
Radio Notre Dame:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1942:0:1:8511
Radio Alfa:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1943:0:1:8511
RCJ/Shalom:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1944:0:1:8511
Beur FM:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1945:0:1:8511
Media Tropical:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1946:0:1:8511
Africa No.1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1947:0:1:8511
Couleur 3:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1948:0:1:8511
Medi 1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1949:0:1:8511


They all have same service IDs but different Tids. So I think at least we
need the Tid as a part of the unique key.

Kind regards
Manfred

-------                   Manfred Schmidt-Voigt                  -------
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kls@cadsoft.de [mailto:kls@cadsoft.de]On Behalf Of Klaus
> Schmidinger
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:38 PM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] Re: How-to convert channels.conf to vdr 1.1.6 ?
>
>
> Matthias Raus wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I solved this problem in my channels.conf by increasing or decreasing
> > the frequncy by 1, so that it is unique again. I know it's a bit dirty
> > but it works and does not lower the quality as the difference is so
> > small. Your example would then look as follows:
> >
> > :Sportsworld
> > Premiere Sport 1:11720:h:0:27500:255:256,257:0:101:17
> > Premiere Sport 2:12031:h:0:27500:3839:3840:0:101:27
> > :Formel 1
> > Supersignal:12070:h:0:27500:255:256:0:101:211
> > Cockpitkanal:12070:h:0:27500:511:512:0:101:212
> > Boxengasse:12070:h:0:27500:767:768:0:101:213
> > Verfolgerfeld:12070:h:0:27500:1023:1024:0:101:214
> > Infokanal:12070:h:0:27500:1279:1280:0:101:215
> > Multikanal:11719:h:0:27500:255:256:0:101:17
> >
> > However, for the log run I would suggest to somehow integrate the
> > channel name into the Channel ID to solve this problem. You could also
> > make a code out of the channel names (perhaps you could compare it to
> > ShowView numbers, which contain several information in a code of only a
> > few numbers).
>
> The whole idea of the unique channel ID was to identify a channel *NOT*
> by its name, but rather by unique data. So adding the name to the ID would
> be a step in the totally wrong direction. Several people here on the
> list have claimed that any channel can be identified by its NID,
> TID and SID.
> Well, to make sure there's no conflict between different
> satellites the "source"
> (e.g. "S19.2E") must also be part of this. In the first step I am
> using the
> transponder frequency instead of the TID and am setting the NID
> to 0, since
> VDR currently doesn't use that data yet. This may change in later
> versions.
> The definition of the "unique channel ID" will be upward compatible, since
> IDs with NID == 0 are given with a frequency, and those with NID != 0 will
> (later) have the real TID.
>
> Klaus
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