[mythtv] Video Sources - time to call them what they are?
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Wed Nov 21 17:38:15 UTC 2007
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:37:04AM +0000, Justin Hornsby wrote:
> For some time now I've considered the possibility that 'Video Sources'
> are causing more confusion among users than necessary.
>
> Those of us more familiar with MythTV have no problem understanding the
> relationship between capture cards, card inputs & the 'video sources'.
> For new users though, the words 'video sources' more than likely conjure
> up images of actual video inputs - something that doesn't bear any
> relation to 'sources of TV Guide data'.
>
> So, I'm proposing that 'Video Sources' are renamed 'TV Guide data
> sources' or something similar. I know that it'll no doubt mess up some
> translations but if we're all on board with the idea it'll be trivial
> to fix. Somewhat more involved (but hardly the end of the world) would
> be updating table & column names to suit.
In the book Practical MythTV, which I tech edited for aPress earlier
this year, we touched on precisely this point. I recommended that
people consider them "Programming Sources", and gave "Bright House
Pinellas Analog Cable" as an example label.
I do concur that "Video Source" is a poor choice of label.
Cheers,
-- jra
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