On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 19:17:01 +0100, Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > I hope you will reconsider if someone actually goes through all the > trouble of defining and implementing a different "standard" format > that you can conveniently just use in VDR.
Now that XML exists, there shouldn't be any need to invent yet another complex data file format. I present you the way SWelcom (the tech arm for SanomaWSOY, who own HelsinkiTV) encodes their cable information: http://dvb.swelcom.fi/si.xml It's rather trivial to produce a VDR-type listing from this info, I did this as a quick-and-dirty experiment with Perl, but using the XML parser library is just as simple from C or C++: http://eetis.co.jyu.fi/dvb/ (Unfortunately, there's something a bit wonky about the XML data they generate, it seems that the complete info for multiplex 4 (CINEMA1/2/3 and FASHION channels) never gets there... dunno why?) I would suggest that using a XML config file is the proper way to proceed. Easily expandable syntax, human-editable if required, the syntax tree can be rewritten back out to a file by the software if needed. -- /* * * Otto J. Makela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, FAX: +358 40 7860457, ICBM: 60N 25E */ /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FIN-00100 Helsinki, FINLAND */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * */ -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
