[linux-dvb] Re: Suggested (minor) change for channels.conf

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Dave Chapman wrote:
> 
> Klaus,
> 
> That sounds perfect to me.  Can I suggest you allow text fields for this
> purpose, rather than just "1,2,3" etc.

To the user (via the Setup menu) there will be texts (configured via a file),
but in the channels.conf it will be numbers.

> Also, can I also suggest that you don't call it a CA parameter?  I know that
> this is probably how 99% of people will use it, but this field is more useful
> than that - e.g. if you have different LNBs connected to different cards, or
> different types of card (DVB-S/DVB-C/DVB-T?)  installed.
> 
> My suggestion would be something like "broadcast method" or "channel type".

Will see...

Klaus

> 
> Dave.
> 
> On Friday 24 August 2001  9:09 am, you wrote:
> > Well, I'm thinking about something different: the Ca field should define
> > what conditional access mode this channel uses (e.g. "BetaCrypt", "Irdeto")
> > and the user's setup will define what card can provide what kind of
> > decryption. Of course the individual user could extend this to define modes
> > like "MyMode" and set up his cards #1 and #3 to provide this.
> >
> > The advantage of this would be that a generic channels.conf would no longer
> > have a Ca of '3' for the PW channels, just because _I_ happen to have the
> > CAM in my third DVB card. There would then be a '1' (just because I will
> > define "BetaCrypt" as the first mode) as the Ca parameter of all PW
> > channels, and my individual setup will define that Ca-mode '1' is provided
> > by card #3.
> >
> > That's what I plan to implement this weekend.
> >
> > Klaus
> 
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