On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Klaus Schmidinger Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de wrote:
VDR stores channel numbers as integers. So if you want to have a numbering scheme where you have channels "between" other channels, you need to make room for these additional entries. And the only way I see to do this is to shift all numbers one digit to the left.
For example, channel 6.1 should not become 61 and force the real 61 to become something else. It's pretty obvious thats a terrible way to address the issue. The idea is to keep channel numbers in sync with the provider, not change it all around because of a personal dislike.
Yes, I understand at present VDR stores channel numbers as integers, and maybe that should change to better suit current/future needs (scaled integers?). Afterall, channel numbers aren't defined as integers by specification, that was simply a VDR design decision made long ago when this issue didn't exist.
If you are really disgusted by using "." (which -is- the most commonly accepted & used numbering sub-system) to denote sub-channels then maybe someone can brainstorm a different solution that's reasonable. Hopefully others will chime in on this although I think Timothy Lenz's previous post sums it up pretty clearly...