Duncan Webb wrote: > Dirk Meyer wrote: >> I guess we should move to the vdr channels.conf in the future to have >> one channels.conf for dvb and analog. >> >> > Still figuring this out, but there is certainly more information that > is associated with a channel. For example logos and specifically > subtitle page numbers. Logos could be uuencoded, bin64 encoded etc and > written in the channel configuration data. It may even be possible to > have multiple tv_grab files, I guess as digital tv becomes more common > it may be necessary to grab the programming information from more than > one source. This could also be stored against a channel. I'm sure > there are more information items for channels that may need to be > handled.
There is a difference between the channel information in channel.conf and global channel stuff. The channels.conf should contain everything needed for tvdev (== kaa.record) to record something from a channel (this includes livetv). And freevo-tvserver together with kaa.epg should have more information. E.g. the same channel could be at different cards with a different setting in the channels.conf. The epg database could contain additional data like the epg. And yes, I want to support multiple tv_grab sources. One major source (e.g. xmltv) and secondary sources like the epg in the stream. But since the epg in the stream is still very bad (at least here in Germany), we need the additional source. And I don't know of a logo inside the transport stream. So basicly tvdev reads the channels.conf and sends the names to the tvserver. The tvserver has other unique names for a channel and has an epg db to be one interface to tv cards. That's the plan, but I don't have that much time right now so many things are missing. Dischi -- A lecture is a process where information is passed from the notebook of the lecturer to the notebook of the student without necessarily passing through the minds of either.
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