[vdr] Re: why doesnt vdr name an instant recording with the information from the epg data?

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

ShowView is a simply a number that represents the channel number, start time, and duration of a broadcast.
See e.g.:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2000/August/msg00398.html

CR.


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Matthias Weingart [mailto:matthias@pentax.boerde.de]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. Januar 2002 14:58
> An: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Betreff: [vdr] Re: why doesnt vdr name an instant recording with the
> information from the epg data?
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 12:25:19PM +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > Ansgar Jonietz wrote:
> 
> > > BTW: What's about Showview-Support in VDR?
> > > Sometimes it is necessary to create a timer when no EPG info is
> > > available, and Showview would simplify this procedure. 
> You only have to
> > > enter one number in which channel, date, time etc. is decoded.
> > 
> > Frankly, I never understood why it would be simpler to 
> enter an arbitrary
> > number (which is - or at least was - only available in 
> specific tv guides)
> > instead of channel/date/time. With channel/date/time I can 
> see exactly
> > what will happen. With an arbitrary number I can only hope 
> that this will
> > be the correct data. There will definitely be no ShowView 
> support in VDR
> 
> Hi Klaus, 
>  the advantage of showview is -> it is using the 
> VPS-date/time to programm
> the VDR. If the VPS and the programmed Showview data are the 
> same - it will 
> record. Very simple to implement in the firmware of consumer vdr's.
> Actually if you transform the showview-figure to bin/hex you 
> get almost 
> the VPS data :-)
>  Good VDR's will have a user feedback and transform the 
> showview number to
> the human readable Channel/date/time format.
>  Unfortunately VPS is not broadcasted in the digital stream 
> (sure?). But
> videotext/teletext and the WSS (wide screen signaling) is 
> broadcasted often. 
> In analog TV - both (and VPS) are sent in the first unvisible 
> TV-lines. 
> I do not understand why they do not send the VPS too. This 
> should be no 
> technical problem.
> 
>         Matthias
> 
>