[vdr] Re: Simplified Channels.conf

[DOm <angelus.dei@tiscalinet.it>]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:36:15 +0100
Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de> wrote:

> Lauri Tischler wrote:
> > 
> > I've been thinking a little about simplifing the channels.conf,
> > here is original entry
> > ------
> > RTL:11881:h:S5.0W:27500:5041:5042:0:123:5040:86:7:0
> > ------
> > Here would be minimized version it
> > RTL:11881:h:S5.0W:27500:5040
> > ------

....

> > Totally Dumb idea ?
> 
> Yes - sorry, couldn't resist ;-)
> 
> > Comments...
> 
> Determining these settings from the data stream will (presumably) be
> implemented in the 1.3.x developer line. But even then the format of
> channels.conf won't change (at least not in the way you suggested),
> since it is _supposed_ to hold all that data in order to have it
> available quickly when switching channels. Think of it as some sort of
> "cache". When modified information becomes available via the stream,
> that one can later overwrite the one stored in channels.conf.

Shall we can have an entry like that in channels.conf

RTL:11881:h:S5.0W:27500:0:0:0:0:5040:0:0:0

and let VDR completing the missing infos (Vpid, Apid etc.) ?
This will make generating channels list a bit easier, just a bit.

Bye,
   ANgelus.


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