[mythtv-users] Callsigns limited to 5 characters ?

[Ben Bucksch]

Ben Marchandise wrote:

>AFAIK there are no such callsigns here in
>Europe
>
No cryptic callsigns, no, but the stations tend to have names or abbr. 
which are short, though, e.g. ZDF, 3sat, arte, Pro 7, Sat.1, NL1, Kabel 
1 etc.

>arbitrary truncated on OSD. (There is space enough on
>OSD to display more that these 5 characters).
>
Yes, I disliked that as well, just remove that left() call (patch for 
anybody else wanting that) and you're set, I think.

>I wonder if this way of hardcoding the 5-character
>limit is really necessary, as you can always enter
>some short callsigns in the database, if you want to
>use this limit. Removing this limitation would allow
>us to have better looking long names on the OSD.
>What do you think ?
>
Completely agreed. Using "Kab 1" for "Kabel 1" seems silly and crippled, 
if we have such a powerful machine behind it all.
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