In article 4DD7C61E.8060708@tvdr.de you write:
On 05/07/11 20:11, Juergen Lock wrote:
Hi!
There seems to be a change in recent vdr versions regarding NumProvidedSystems() which at least the reelchannelscan plugin uses to tell apart a dvb-s2 tuner from a dvb-s one in a few places, apparently it used to return 2 for a dvb-s2 tuner and now returns 3. Is this intentional?
Yes, it is.
2010-06-06: Version 1.7.15
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- The various modulation types are now taken into account when selecting a device for a recording or live viewing, so that devices that provide more capabilities are spared.
This was done by incrementing numProvidedSystems in cDvbDevice::cDvbDevice() for every additional modulation type it provides.
Ah I see. Curious, what is the third modulation used on dvb-s(2) in addition to qpsk and 8psk?
I'm afraid the result from NumProvidedSystems() is in no way suitable for determining whether the device is DVB-S or DVB-S2.
Ok so what would then be the recommended way?
Wondering... :) Juergen