[mythtv] DVB Channel Changes

[Tako Schotanus]

Simon Kenyon wrote:

>On Wednesday 14 April 2004 11:30, Ben Bucksch wrote:
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>>Tako Schotanus wrote:
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>>>it would have meant making the part that is so damn usefull to us
>>>Europeans, the channel scanning / finetuning, close to useless.
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>>FYI, I am European, too, and have found automatic scanning to be
>>sufficient for analog channels, no urgent need for finetuning. I don't
>>see how mplayer is needed for *scanning*.
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>>A normal user shouldn't have to finetune anyways, he should put the
>>thing under the TV, plug the cables in and be ready to go. We're far
>>from that, but Ramon's module would have brought us closer, I think.
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>>>That's why he used mplayer
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>>But there were also good reasons to reject the use of mplayer here. This
>>could be addressed by making mplayer entirely optional (see above) or by
>>improving MythTV for direct tuning.
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>mythchannel was a good idea
>myth needs something like that
>i live in ireland and get my tv signal over a cable network that pays scant 
>regard to reasonable and standard frequencies. fine tuning is part of life.
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>my suggestion is that mythchannel become part of mythtv/seup/setup
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What the real problem is is finding somebody willing to maintain it and 
make the required (probably major) changes before it will be ready for 
inclusion into Myth.

-Tako
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