[vdr] Re: AW: Re: Channelslist

[Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.de>]

Marcus Kuba wrote:
> 
> Am 06.10.2001 11:26:16, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>:
> 
> >Well, they're not _that_ dynamic. The PIDs for most of the FTA channels
> >haven't changed in quite a while. Only PW likes to juggle their PIDs
> >every now and then.

To be more precise, _most of the usual ASTRA channels_ 
are not _that_ dynamic.
Every time I run a d-box scan, some channels have changed
their PIDs, so at least a few channels - even on Astra -
are quite dynamic. This may be worse on other sattelites,
so I am pretty sure that some users would very much 
appreciate an Auto-PID feature in VDR.
I will post today's scan results in a separate message.




> >And if detecting the PIDs at the time a channel is switched to would in any
> >way slow down channel switching, I don't think this would be widely appreciated...
> 
> Nobody says that it must always be done dynamically.. but after tuning with the last
> known/stored values it should be possible to have a look at what's available and then tell
> it the user. Maybe when you display the event-info there could be some sign indicating
> there are multiple audio-channels. And in the main-menu, the green button could be
> labeled with the name (german/english, commentator/stadium...) and only be available
> when multiple pids are really active.

I agree.
Actually, all of this could be done during the EPG scan
when vdr looks at all channels anyway. 
That would not slow down anything.
VDR could keep the new PIDs in memory until more than
one successive EPG scan has detected them (to make sure
they are not false results due to transmission errors
or temporary errors on the side of the broadcaster).
VDR could display a message when new PIDs are found 
and either write them out automatically or enable a
button that the user can press to write them out.


Carsten.