Re: [Xmltv-devel] Proposal for new grabber API

[Asciimonster <asc...@my...>]

Let me recap:

Looking at the entire discussion I think there are two ways to about this:
1. Provide a complete set of command line options.
2. Standardize the configfiles.

I concur with Robert that the second one is the best way to go. All we 
need is a --configure_all option in every grabber, which creates a 
configfile with all channels selected.

Another thing we need to impose on the format of the configfile is the 
channel section:
[channelstart]
channel1 = internal value
channel2 = internal value
channel3 = internal value
etc.etc.
[channelstop]
Good thing about making a special section: You can do with the rest of 
the configfile what you want without being bound to the identifier=value 
system.

The PVR software can then comment it out by inserting a # before it. 
This means that "channel1" in my example needs to be the displayed name, 
not any abbreviation, since it is displayed to the user. The grabber 
should, of course, check the # status.

This should work for 90% of the grabbers and should be relatively easy 
to implement. I have no idea what other info in the configfile requires 
user intervention. Is username/password info the only one? You could 
also make a section for that:
[configstart]
user = joe
pass = joespass
[configstop]

Can't we write some simple perl scripts that modify the configfiles to 
make it easier for the PVR-people to implement it? (Then they only need 
to write the UI)

my 2p,
Asciimonster