[linux-dvb] Re: Suggested (minor) change for channels.conf

[Dave Chapman <dave@dchapman.com>]

Klaus,

That sounds perfect to me.  Can I suggest you allow text fields for this 
purpose, rather than just "1,2,3" etc.  

Also, can I also suggest that you don't call it a CA parameter?  I know that 
this is probably how 99% of people will use it, but this field is more useful 
than that - e.g. if you have different LNBs connected to different cards, or 
different types of card (DVB-S/DVB-C/DVB-T?)  installed.  

My suggestion would be something like "broadcast method" or "channel type". 

Dave.

On Friday 24 August 2001  9:09 am, you wrote:
> Well, I'm thinking about something different: the Ca field should define
> what conditional access mode this channel uses (e.g. "BetaCrypt", "Irdeto")
> and the user's setup will define what card can provide what kind of
> decryption. Of course the individual user could extend this to define modes
> like "MyMode" and set up his cards #1 and #3 to provide this.
>
> The advantage of this would be that a generic channels.conf would no longer
> have a Ca of '3' for the PW channels, just because _I_ happen to have the
> CAM in my third DVB card. There would then be a '1' (just because I will
> define "BetaCrypt" as the first mode) as the Ca parameter of all PW
> channels, and my individual setup will define that Ca-mode '1' is provided
> by card #3.
>
> That's what I plan to implement this weekend.
>
> Klaus


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