[mythtv] Re: MythChannels

[Ben Bucksch]

Ramon Roca wrote:

>Nice to hear from you Ben.
>
Thanks :-). I was on vacation. Trying to catch up with email / mailing 
lists now.

>"well defined meaning" to me means freq, regardless of its unit of measurement.
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The numbers are useless without unit ;-), so the unit is very much part 
of the meaning / definition.

>note that DVB-s freq. are *always* expressed whithout that precission (see vdr, lyngsat.com, satcodx.com) if we do force units in Hz
>
The freq is used for DVB-T and DVB-C as well. Do they never use more 
precision either?

If everybody uses MHz in all cases, we could do so as well. But let's 
settle on *one* unit.

>Note that also latest dvb driver apps (i.e. szap) and also dvbtools
>(dvbstream, dvbtune) are doing the same conversion.
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For user interaction, it makes sense. Not for internal stuff like DB. 
People like flexibility, programs don't ;-).

>Is not that complicated check the unit of measurement just before doing the tuning. In fact, it's already done with the lines you mention.
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No, e.g. I have to adapt my apps as well.