[linux-dvb] Re: Bug report vdr-1.2.5 - error while readingtimers.conf

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

"Flo G." wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to this list and subscribed, because i had the same error
> messages. The scan utility creates channel files with lines like these:
> ProSieben:12480:v:S19.2E:27500:255:256;257:32:0:898:1:0:0
> in the channels.conf delivered with vdr, i have:
> Pro-7:12480:v:S19.2E:27500:255:256;257:32:0:898:0:0:0
> 
> but the nid is unused -> vdr shouldn't care imho.
> 
> in man 5 vdr, i read:
> 
>        A particular channel can be uniquely identified by its channel ID,
>        which is a string that looks like this:
> 
>        S19.2E-0-12188-12003-0
> 
>        The components of this string are the Source (S19.2E), Frequency
>        (12188, MHz) and SID (12003) as defined above. The parts that are  cur-
>        rently 0 are reserved for future use (the last part can be omitted if
>        it is 0, so the above example could also be written as
>        S19.2E-0-12188-12003).
> 
> but that's not conform with the 1.2.5 source (channels.c):
> 
> const char *tChannelID::ToString(void)
> {
>   static char buffer[256];
>   snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), rid ? "%s-%d-%d-%d-%d" : "%s-%d-%d-%d",
> cSource::ToString(source), nid, tid, sid, rid);
>   return buffer;
> }
> 
> where i can't see a frequency.

I believe the latest version of the scan utility creates correct
channel definitions.

See the related thread on the VDR-ML, where this has been discussed
recently.

Klaus


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