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<blockquote data-quote="doveman" data-source="post: 703388" data-attributes="member: 67412">Well it's unique in the sense that there's only one T-1, T-2, etc. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I must admit I didn't really comprehend how the channels on DVB-T were identified and I think I understand now that these three identifiers are what is needed at the base level to tune to the correct channel. But according to the issue you linked to, previously just the channel name was being used as the unique identifer, which must have been linked to a separate table containing these three identifiers, so I don't understand why we can't just use T-1, T2, etc as the unique identifier, which as before will then look up the three identifiers elsewhere, although it seems then we would need another table of the channel names.As far as I can tell, the channel names are picked up when (re)tuning, so perhaps we could use T-BBC1, T-ITV-2 as the unique identifier and then if the ONID, TSID or SID change for any channels, these are changed in the separate table. If the unique identifier is no longer going to be the channel name, there must be a separate table of these which is linked to the new three ID unique identifier. I think I'm just confusing myself now, so I'll think I'll stop there and hope you can explain it to me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />If the channel names are picked up when tuning, is it not possible for MP to quite easily recognise that ITV2+1 is now on 9018+12290+15952 and link the channel name to the correct tuning details when re-tuning?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doveman, post: 703388, member: 67412"] Well it's unique in the sense that there's only one T-1, T-2, etc. :) I must admit I didn't really comprehend how the channels on DVB-T were identified and I think I understand now that these three identifiers are what is needed at the base level to tune to the correct channel. But according to the issue you linked to, previously just the channel name was being used as the unique identifer, which must have been linked to a separate table containing these three identifiers, so I don't understand why we can't just use T-1, T2, etc as the unique identifier, which as before will then look up the three identifiers elsewhere, although it seems then we would need another table of the channel names. As far as I can tell, the channel names are picked up when (re)tuning, so perhaps we could use T-BBC1, T-ITV-2 as the unique identifier and then if the ONID, TSID or SID change for any channels, these are changed in the separate table. If the unique identifier is no longer going to be the channel name, there must be a separate table of these which is linked to the new three ID unique identifier. I think I'm just confusing myself now, so I'll think I'll stop there and hope you can explain it to me :S If the channel names are picked up when tuning, is it not possible for MP to quite easily recognise that ITV2+1 is now on 9018+12290+15952 and link the channel name to the correct tuning details when re-tuning? [/QUOTE]

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