[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #1772: Allow Multiple Channels rom 1 Transponder...

[Bruce Markey]

Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
> Bruce Markey wrote:
>> My point is that ~80% of the code needed would
>> go into mythtv-setup for the UI to configure what is and isn't
>> allowed,
> 
> Why would there be any UI needed in mythtv-setup?
> Isn't all required information already derivable from the existing 

No. Read the rest of the message and this thread:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/182867

> scanning info (channel, dtv_multiplex)? OK, you might need a simple 
> limit on number of streams or bandwidth or something like that but 80% 
> of the code? Or are you talking about something more general than #1772?

The dtv_multiplex should be known. There is no interface for
adding and deleting virtual inputs that are not reported by
the device. A number alone doesn't cut it because there are
other options for an input. If it was me, I'd want to set the
input priority of the third input lower to encourage two recordings
at a time and only use three when there is no other choice. I do
this with multiple cards also. There also isn't any interface
for associating different inputs as mutually exclusive such as
analog and digital connections to the same settop box. This is
the opposite case of which inputs can and can't be used at the
same time and has come up several times before. There are also
HD cards with built in analog grabbers. The right solution
addresses all of the issues in gossamer 182867.

> (I am not saying the whole thing is easy, just don't understand why UI 
> is needed)

The point is that if something like inputgroups were done
correctly, everything else falls into place. The non-UI code
would be trivial. The percentages were meant to illustrate how
small the other changes would be if it was done right in the
first place rather than hacking away at DVB as an exception.

--  bjm