[vdr] Re: How-to convert channels.conf to vdr 1.1.6 ?

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

Manfred Schmidt-Voigt wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kls@cadsoft.de [mailto:kls@cadsoft.de]On Behalf Of Klaus
> > Schmidinger
> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:27 PM
> > To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> > Subject: [vdr] Re: How-to convert channels.conf to vdr 1.1.6 ?
> >
> >
> > Manfred Schmidt-Voigt wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org
> > [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org]On Behalf Of
> > > > Manfred Schmidt-Voigt
> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 1:01 PM
> > > > To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> > > > Subject: [vdr] Re: How-to convert channels.conf to vdr 1.1.6 ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Klaus,
> > > >
> > > > do you have some plans when you will increase the Uniqueness of the
> > > > channelnumbers? I have problems with all these nice french
> > radiostations:
> > > >
> > > > LES RADIOS 1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:168:0:1:8509
> > > > LES RADIOS 2:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:236:0:1:8510
> > > > LES RADIOS 3:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1941:0:1:8511
> > > > Hector:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:168:0:1:8509
> > > ....
> > > > Africa No.1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1947:0:1:8511
> > > > Couleur 3:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1948:0:1:8511
> > > > Medi 1:12207:v:S19.2E:27500:8191:1949:0:1:8511
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > They all have same service IDs but different Tids. So I think
> > at least we
> > > > need the Tid as a part of the unique key.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, but I ment the APID parameter for Radio channels...
> >
> > Well, in that case I'm afraid there can't be a unique channel ID then.
> > Are you absolutely sure that they don't have different TID values?
> > The whole idea behind the unique channel ID was to be able to,
> > for instance,
> > react on changes in the PIDs or channel names etc., so no PID can
> > be part of
> > the unique channel ID. There were several posting here on the list that
> > claimed that _every_ channel can be uniquely identified by its
> > NID, TID and SID
> > values (plus, of course, the 'source'). If your radio channels don't have
> > different TIDs, then that theory must be wrong.
> 
> If you try my radio channels with an old version of VDR (1.0.4 was my last)
> than you can see that they are real channels on ASTRA. I don't know the
> theory behind it but they have real good music and I don't like to loose
> them because of a numbering scheme. This example shows, that the NID,TID and
> SID is not enough for DVB channel lists.

This doesn't yet answer the question whether these channels have *different* TIDs.

Klaus
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