[mythtv] DVB Channel Changes

Simon Kenyon simon at koala.ie
Wed Apr 14 11:45:48 EDT 2004


On Wednesday 14 April 2004 11:30, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> Tako Schotanus wrote:
> >it would have meant making the part that is so damn usefull to us
> > Europeans, the channel scanning / finetuning, close to useless.
>
> 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*.
>
> 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.
>
> >That's why he used mplayer
>
> 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.

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.

my suggestion is that mythchannel become part of mythtv/seup/setup
--
simon


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