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--- a/vdr.5
+++ b/vdr.5
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
.\" vdr distribution.
.\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.20 2003/05/29 11:58:57 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.21 2004/01/02 15:24:21 kls Exp $
.\"
.TH vdr 5 "1 Jun 2003" "1.2.0" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
.SH NAME
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Such a delimiter will not appear in the Channels menu.
A \fBchannel definition\fR is a line with channel data, where the fields
are separated by ':' characters. Example:
-\fBRTL:12188:h:S19.2E:27500:163:104:105:0:12003:0:0:0\fR
+\fBRTL,RTL Television:12188:h:S19.2E:27500:163:104:105:0:12003:1:1089:0\fR
The line number of a channel definition (not counting group separators,
and based on a possible previous '@...' parameter)
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ to right):
.B Name
The channel's name (if the name originally contains a ':' character
it has to be replaced by '|').
+Some tv stations provide a way of deriving a "short name" from the
+channel name, which can be used in situations where there is not
+much space for displaying a long name. If a short name is available
+for this channel, it preceeds the full name and is delimited by a comma,
+as in
+
+\fBRTL,RTL Television:...\fR
.TP
.B Frequency
The transponder frequency (as an integer). For DVB-S this value is in MHz. For DVB-C
@@ -119,23 +126,33 @@ the audio PIDs, separated by a semicolon, as in
The teletext PID.
.TP
.B Conditional access
-An integer defining how this channel can be accessed:
+A hexadecimal integer defining how this channel can be accessed:
.TS
tab (@);
l l.
-\fB0\fR@Free To Air
-\fB1...4\fR@explicitly requires the DVB card with the given number
-\fB>=100\fR@requires a specific decryption method defined in \fIca.conf\fR
+\fB0000\fR@Free To Air
+\fB0001...000F\fR@explicitly requires the device with the given number
+\fB0010...00FF\fR@reserved for user defined assignments defined in \fIca.conf\fR
+\fB0100...FFFF\fR@specific decryption methods as broadcast in the data stream\fR
.TE
+Values in the range 0001...00FF will not be overwritten, all other values
+will be automatically replaced by the actual CA system identifiers received
+from the data stream. If there is more than one CA system id broadcast, they
+will be separated by commas, as in
+
+.B ...:1702,1722,1801:...
+
+The values are in hex because that's the way they are defined in the "ETR 162"
+document. Leading zeros may be omitted.
.TP
.B SID
The Service ID of this channel.
.TP
.B NID
-The Network ID of this channel (for future use, currently always 0).
+The Network ID of this channel.
.TP
.B TID
-The Transport stream ID of this channel (for future use, currently always 0).
+The Transport stream ID of this channel.
.TP
.B RID
The Radio ID of this channel (typically 0, may be used to distinguish channels where
@@ -144,12 +161,12 @@ NID, TID and SID are all equal).
A particular channel can be uniquely identified by its \fBchannel\ ID\fR,
which is a string that looks like this:
-\fBS19.2E-0-12188-12003-0\fR
+\fBS19.2E-1-1089-12003-0\fR
-The components of this string are the \fBSource\fR (S19.2E), \fBFrequency\fR
-(12188, MHz) and \fBSID\fR (12003) as defined above. The parts that are currently
-\fB0\fR are reserved for future use (the last part can be omitted if it is \fB0\fR,
-so the above example could also be written as \fBS19.2E-0-12188-12003\fR).
+The components of this string are the \fBSource\fR (S19.2E), \fBNID\fR
+(1), \fBTID\fR (1089), \fBSID\fR (12003) and \fBRID\fR (0) as defined above.
+The last part can be omitted if it is \fB0\fR,
+so the above example could also be written as S19.2E-1-1089-12003).
.br
The \fBchannel\ ID\fR is used in the \fItimers.conf\fR and \fIepg.data\fR
files to properly identify the channels.