[mythtv] DVD-T UK xmltv ids

[John Pullan]

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:50 +0100, Ed W wrote:
> >>What I suggest is a new table and update the info during the tv scan.
> >>We could download images perhaps at the same time...
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I agree.. We could just build a massive table saying which grabber to use, where
> >to get the icon from, etc.. I just can imagine this will become a maintanence
> >nightmare at some point though..  I can't imagine doing it for all the HD
> >stations in the US.. Geezz..
> >  
> >
> 
> What about matching against station name field?  Do these stay fairly 
> static on HD?  They seem fairly constant and unique for DVB here?  I 
> think it would be maintainable to have a name/table/xmltvid/icon table?
> 
> Your point about how unmaintainable the table is, is also a reason for 
> doing it... Otherwise if we are expecting *every* user to do the same 
> mapping process then this is a serious amount of wasted effort worldwide...
> 
> If it's feasible and straightforward lets at least consider it for the 
> locations where it works.  I think this should work OK for the UK - have 
> to think a little about regional variations, but it would do as an 
> initial setup script

I think you'd have to match against network id, to localise it a bit,
then get all the matching xmltvids for the station name, then localise
it down further with the service ids.

So for us in the uk we'd have

9018 BBC1   bbc1-bbc.co.uk 4164 beeb.icon
9018 BBC1   bbc1-north.bbc.co.uk 4168 beeb.icon
 
Or is that complete gibberish ?

--
John