[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3358: group top channels by name in mythweb stats
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Apr 26 17:23:32 UTC 2007
On 04/26/2007 01:01 PM, MythTV wrote:
> #3358: group top channels by name in mythweb stats
>
> If you have two different video sources that share some channels you have
> duplicate channels in the top channel list. I think it's better to sort by
> the channel name.
The channel name is not a unique identifier for Myth. Instead, the
callsign is used by MythTV to determine which channels are "equal" (i.e.
that they show the same programming content). Therefore, to prevent
duplicates, grouping should be done by callsign.
Those not in the US may be thinking, "But we don't use callsigns..." In
fact, if you use MythTV, you do. Unfortunately, because of the decision
to use the US-centric "callsign" moniker for the table column name, it
looks like it's US-only.
However, the specific value of the callsign is irrelevant. The only
requirement is that each channel with unique content has a unique
value. Those with identical content can have identical values (so Myth
knows they're the same) or different (so the user can choose which
channel is used to record scheduled recordings--i.e. allows the user to
treat them as different channels).
So, Wolfgang, by updating your patch to group by callsign and making
sure your callsigns are unique or not-unique as your channel names,
you'll get the behavior you desire, and MythWeb will get the behavior it
should have. :) (Unfortunately, you might not be able to just update
your callsigns to be equal to names if you've used names longer than 20
characters. The callsign column is 20 characters, but the name column
is 64.)
Thanks,
Mike
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