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Andreas Smas, 2010-07-04 09:12


There are a few problems with how the TV adapter tab is implemented today

  • It cannot handle a large amount of services. With DVB-S you can easily hit >1k services. Ticket #100 * It's hard (but possible via sorting) to see which services that is transmitted on which mux. * The DVB satconf solution is a bit cumbersome * Updates to the quality meter indicator refreshed the grid in a way that is bad UX. Ticket #108

= A rough plan how to redesign the DVB configuration =

Device tree

This tree will present the available devices to the user

{{{
+ DVB Adapter #1 | + DVB-C Frontend |
+ DVB Adapter #2 | + DVB-T Frontend | + DVB-C Frontend |
+ DVB Adapter #3 | + DVB-S Frontend | | + Switchport 1 | | + Switchport 2 | | + Switchport 3 | | + Switchport 4 | | + Switchport n | + DVB-T Frontend |
+ V4L Adapter #1
+ Tuner
+ Composite
+ S-Video
}}}

Pressing on a node will present the user with information about the entry and a few configuration options as follows:

=== DVB / ATSC Adapter === ==== Info ====
Various information about the hardware ==== Config ==== * Enable/Disable adapter

=== DVB-C / DVB-T / ATSC Frontends === ==== Info ====
TBD ==== Config ==== * Network the frontend is attached to * If this device may update network configuration

=== DVB-S Frontends === ==== Info ====
TBD ==== Config ==== * Number of Diseqc switchports
or * Network the frontend is attached to * LnB configuration

=== Switchport === ==== Info ====
TBD ==== Config ==== * Network the switchport is attached to * LnB configuration

=== V4L adpater === ==== Info ====
Various information about the hardware ==== Config ==== * Enable/Disable adapter

=== V4L frontends === ==== Info ====
Various information about the hardware ==== Config ==== * TV system type (PAL, NTSC, etc) (for tuners) * Network the frontend is attached to

Updated by Andreas Smas over 14 years ago · 3 revisions