Between runs of tvtime, closed-captioning state is
saved (good) but XDS decoding state (I want it on) is
not saved (not good). I believe XDS toggle state should
be saved on exit.
OK, personally I would like to ditch XDS completely. It's
awkward and confusing in the source code, and XMLTV works
sooo well. Have you tried using XMLTV?
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NOOOO!!!! XDS is absolutely indispensable for
identification of recorded material ("forensic" or
historical program information) from a videotape or another
source for which the XMLTV information would be unavailable.
It is at the top of my list of functionality I would like to
see remain, at least until someone else (or myself) has the
time to look at the code for cleanup and to use as a
reference for implementing other features that may rely on
the XDS information (such as parental controls).
If tvtime implements hooks in the future to allow an
application to use it for recording video, it would be
desirable for it to preserve all of the XDS information that
may be missing in the output. If the runtime and run length
fields are implemented from XDS, a smart recorder could make
sure that it never cuts off the last 5 minutes from a TV
program.
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OK, personally I would like to ditch XDS completely. It's
awkward and confusing in the source code, and XMLTV works
sooo well. Have you tried using XMLTV?
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NOOOO!!!! XDS is absolutely indispensable for
identification of recorded material ("forensic" or
historical program information) from a videotape or another
source for which the XMLTV information would be unavailable.
It is at the top of my list of functionality I would like to
see remain, at least until someone else (or myself) has the
time to look at the code for cleanup and to use as a
reference for implementing other features that may rely on
the XDS information (such as parental controls).
If tvtime implements hooks in the future to allow an
application to use it for recording video, it would be
desirable for it to preserve all of the XDS information that
may be missing in the output. If the runtime and run length
fields are implemented from XDS, a smart recorder could make
sure that it never cuts off the last 5 minutes from a TV
program.