[mythtv] Re: MythChannels

Ramon Roca ramon.roca at xcombo.com
Wed Jul 30 18:51:12 EDT 2003


> The freq is used for DVB-T and DVB-C as well. Do they never use more
> precision either?
DVB-c don't know. DVB-t i know that it depends: Although sometimes it has,
it's useless, i.e. vdr does not use that precission neither and as far as I
know, it tunes without so...
>
> If everybody uses MHz in all cases, we could do so as well. But let's
> settle on *one* unit.
>
> >Note that also latest dvb driver apps (i.e. szap) and also dvbtools
> >(dvbstream, dvbtune) are doing the same conversion.
> >
> For user interaction, it makes sense. Not for internal stuff like DB.
> People like flexibility, programs don't ;-).
>
> >Is not that complicated check the unit of measurement just before doing
the tuning. In fact, it's already done with the lines you mention.
> >
> No, e.g. I have to adapt my apps as well.
>
>

Is not that difficult to match flexibility in this case since it's quite
easy to deduce the precission used by the user. The apps that I've mentioned
are already programs and have that flexibility although they still are
programs, well, not any programs, apps that comes with the driver itself
=). And about your apps, if you are refering to the setup apps, don't worry,
in this particular case *they will still work without any change*! You can
even have a mix of channels with some at Hz and others at Mhz etc...Why are
you that strict forcing just one unit being that easy just to check for it
before tuning??? imho making this that strict is just going anti-nature in
this case. Make mythtv behave just like any other app will avoid confussion.
Don't you think that we have major issues to be worried of than this? This
one already works, and as you know we still have many todo's that doesn't.
Looks quite strange to me to be more worried at this point for maintaining
code than to change things to make it work.

btw, to give you an example about a stupid user who spent a lon time to
figure out why wasn't able to lock a signal to a channel: Myself. I had even
to turn on the debug to discover that BBC was expected at 12285000/27500000
instead of 12285/27500... and believe me, I'm a good example of a stupid end
user ;)



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