Added plugin-defined sources

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/vdr.5 b/vdr.5
index 9d974abf..7f5cce2e 100644
--- 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 2.14 2010/02/06 15:52:38 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.15 2010/02/21 14:29:06 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 5 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
 .SH NAME
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ If in doubt, try 0 (off). (DVB-T only).
 \fBDelivery System:\fR The satellite delivery system (0 = DVB-S, 1 = DVB-S2).
 
 \fBPolarization:\fR Satellite antenna polarization.
-h = horizontal, v = vertical, r = circular right, l = circular left.
+H = horizontal, V = vertical, R = circular right, L = circular left.
 
 The polarization parameters have no integer numbers following them. This is for
 compatibility with files from older versions and also to keep the DVB-S entries
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ An example of a parameter field for a DVB-S channel might look like this:
 An example of a parameter field for a DVB-S2 channel might look like this:
 \fBhC910M2O35S1\fR
 
+Plugins that implement devices that need their own set of parameters may
+store those in the parameters string in arbitrary format (not necessarily
+the "character/number" format listed above). The only condition is that
+the string may not contain colons (':') or newline characters.
 .TP
 .B Source
 The signal source of this channel, as defined in the file \fIsources.conf\fR.
-For compatibility with files from older versions numeric values will be accepted
-and also written back correctly, but they will have no meaning for the \fBDiSEqC\fR
-settings. You should replace the numerical values with the proper source identifiers
-defined in \fIsources.conf\fR.
 .TP
 .B Srate
 The symbol rate of this channel (DVB-S and DVB-C only).
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ l l.
 \fBC\fR@Cable
 \fBT\fR@Terrestrial
 .TE
+
 and is followed by further data pertaining to that particular source. In case of
 \fBS\fRatellite this is the orbital position in degrees, followed by \fBE\fR for
 east or \fBW\fR for west.