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Re: Kaffeine and LCN (Logical Channel Number)
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2009/6/1 Alfredo Pironti <alfredo.pironti@...>:
> Hi,
>
> Christoph Pfister wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, the problem is that those information is transmitted in a part
>> that kaffeine doesn't look at. Of course it's possible to deal with
>> LCN, the question is whether it's worth the effort (there is also the
>> possibility of collisions: other countries might be using tag 0x83
>> (=private) for something else). How important is that number? I think
>> that you normally identify a channel by its name, not by a number (but
>> ok, there are exceptions). You can also manually assign numbers to the
>> channels (if you absolutely don't like the order) and sort by number.
>
> Probably my "need" arises because I'm trying to use kaffeine as a Set
> Top Box. In particular I use a remote where only digits are available,
> so channel numbering is quite important, and it's very boring to
> manually sort almost 100 channels. Besides the fact that MUX are changed
> quite often, so one has to re-do the job quite often.
In what way are those LCNs less arbitrary than Kaffeine's autonumbering?
> Maybe I'm just using kaffeine for the wrong puropose (for instance,
> program recording or egp scheduling is not supported via dcop/OSD...)
Kaffeine isn't a media center (and wasn't designed as such). But I
don't mind taking steps into that direction ...
> Would you be interested in improving (maybe with my help?) that part of
> kaffeine? I find kaffeine much better than other alternatives, because
> it's easy to use and... it just works! (channel scan, adapter
> recognition and so on...) But maybe we can add a few features about the
> 10-foot user interface.
The time I can dedicate to development is likely the limiting factor
:) - but I do appreciate new ideas (for example I don't use a remote
control and I can't know everything anyway ...), so you have to be a
bit patient. Anyway, I'll think a bite more about LCN ...
> Regards,
> Alfredo
Christoph
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> Hi,
>
> Christoph Pfister wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, the problem is that those information is transmitted in a part
>> that kaffeine doesn't look at. Of course it's possible to deal with
>> LCN, the question is whether it's worth the effort (there is also the
>> possibility of collisions: other countries might be using tag 0x83
>> (=private) for something else). How important is that number? I think
>> that you normally identify a channel by its name, not by a number (but
>> ok, there are exceptions). You can also manually assign numbers to the
>> channels (if you absolutely don't like the order) and sort by number.
>
> Probably my "need" arises because I'm trying to use kaffeine as a Set
> Top Box. In particular I use a remote where only digits are available,
> so channel numbering is quite important, and it's very boring to
> manually sort almost 100 channels. Besides the fact that MUX are changed
> quite often, so one has to re-do the job quite often.
In what way are those LCNs less arbitrary than Kaffeine's autonumbering?
> Maybe I'm just using kaffeine for the wrong puropose (for instance,
> program recording or egp scheduling is not supported via dcop/OSD...)
Kaffeine isn't a media center (and wasn't designed as such). But I
don't mind taking steps into that direction ...
> Would you be interested in improving (maybe with my help?) that part of
> kaffeine? I find kaffeine much better than other alternatives, because
> it's easy to use and... it just works! (channel scan, adapter
> recognition and so on...) But maybe we can add a few features about the
> 10-foot user interface.
The time I can dedicate to development is likely the limiting factor
:) - but I do appreciate new ideas (for example I don't use a remote
control and I can't know everything anyway ...), so you have to be a
bit patient. Anyway, I'll think a bite more about LCN ...
> Regards,
> Alfredo
Christoph
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