[mythtv] Video Sources - time to call them what they are?
R. G. Newbury
newbury at mandamus.org
Wed Nov 21 17:20:33 UTC 2007
Craig Treleaven wrote:
> At 8:21 AM -0500 11/21/07, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>>> Would anybody object to this ['TV Guide data sources' or something similar]?
>> Yes. 'TV Guide data sources' sounds like what Schedules Direct offers.
>>
>> Something like 'TV Channel Groups' might be more descriptive of the
>> things which are contained in that container. A 'Channel Group' is
>> clearly a collection of TV channels which, as it happens, can be
>> captured by one type of defined capture card.
>
>>From a user perspective, this setup screen is how we tell Myth where to get guide data. If there is a vote, I'd say it ought to be titled 'TV Listings source' or 'Guide data source'. I don't know if one works better internationally than another.
>
Gee, on my box, Video Sources ends up describing video suppliers NOT
where to get guide data. Where we *get* guide data is in one of the
screens for North American users, settings which are ignored by large
chunks of the globe.
Since one supplier supplies a grouping of channels (determined by
scanning and adding/deleting channels) then the name 'TV Channel Groups'
makes sense to me and is more descriptive than 'listing'.
Video Suppliers is one possibility, but then 'OTA' does not 'fit' as a
supplier since the OTA group is actually made up of a number of
suppliers...the networks and stations received.
Geoff
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