[mythtv] [PATCH] Automatically set freqid for HDTV

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 09 December 2004 12:59 pm, Joe Barnhart wrote:
> --- Doug Larrick <doug at ties.org> wrote:
> > But the infrastructure in Myth to allow non-numeric
> > channel numbers
> > (i.e. with a hyphen) is just not there; nor do
> > remotes not designed for
> > HDTV sets have a hyphen button.  I hit my head
> > against this for a while
> > before punting.
>
> ATSC broadcasting is the future here in the U.S. and
> is a key advantage of Myth (i.e. recording HDTV).

I'd disagree with that.  The 'future' is just more digital cable & satellite.

> It 
> would be a real contribution if this glaring
> incompatibility were fixed early rather than later.
> As for the remote control issue, there are often
> buttonts that can be "re-tasked" to provide a "-" key.

Or you can just assign it to a different channel number.  Or you can write the 
single line of code to allow '-' to act as a valid channel key.

Isaac