[vdr] Re: unique channel id

["Rienecker, Fa. Evenio, ITS P, M" <C.Rienecker@deutschepost.de>]

[...] 
> > Because imho it is very complicated for humans to compare 5 different
> > values in order to see if if is the "right" channel (e.g. if you want to
> > edit the conf files by hand)
> 
> But the advantage of using the IDs in "clear" form is that you can easily
> handle, generate and parse them, and when you look at one you can
immediately
> tell the individual parameters it was made up from. With some hash value
like
> Hgh/6hgfjh%&44 you would always have to convert it before doing anything
useful
> with it. Plus the algorithms for en- and decoding the hash values would
have to
> be implemented by anybody who wants to work with these.
> 
> I believe "clear" IDs are better.


I agree on that because on 2nd thought:
hash functions are not bijective (by design)!!!

I'll vote for the SRC+SID+TID+... in the channels.conf
AND
a 'favorite channels' file that allows you to arrange and name channels the
way you want.

CU,
Christian.

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