[vdr] Re: Plugins

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Steffen Koch wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> does the plugin-interface have access to the timers and the available
> dvb-cards?

Yes, it has access to the timers.

The DVB devices, however, need some special consideration.
I'm currently restructuring the cDevice class to make it an abstract
base class for any kind of DVB devices. That way it shall become possible
to add, e.g., an MPEG encoder card into a VDR box and connect a proprietary
set-top box to it (like the Sky Digibox, for instance ;-). By controlling
that box through a serial link or, if all else fails, an infrared
transmitter, it could be seamlessly integrated into a VDR system.
This, however, means that a plugin should only access the devices
via some well defined functions available in the abstract cDevice
base class. Which functions this will be in particular is yet to be
determined.

Klaus
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