[vdr] Re: Channelslist

[Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>]

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> > ----------
> > Von:  Carsten Koch[SMTP:CARSTEN.KOCH@ICEM.DE]
> > Gesendet:     Freitag, 5. Oktober 2001 23:25:18
> > An:   vdr@linuxtv.org
> > Betreff:      [vdr] Re: AW: Re: Channelslist
> > Diese Nachricht wurde automatisch von einer Regel weitergeleitet.
> >
> Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> ....
> > I think he meant the "PIDs" and a general solution
> > to get these infos.
> >
> > I wonder why those values are not documented by the
> > satellit companies(SES?). They (must) know them, and these values
> > can't be "confidential" and under "Non-disclosure" or?
> 
> Als Rolf said, they are dynamic and you really do not need
> them before you start a program.
> 
> As an example, DVB2000 (d-box firmware) determines them at
> run-time, so there is no need to configure them.
> DVB2000 also displays the avaialable languages (Audio PIDs)
> in plain text (it displays the words "English", "German", etc.,
> not some numbers). For each channel you can select between these
> languages and AC3 audio.
> I do not know dtv, but I guess it does the same?
> 
In fact it does...you can get these informations out of the DVB-SI stream at the
actual playtime.

Rolf