Capture source names

[imilne]

I display the names of capture sources in the System plugin eg ("Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX BDA DVBT Tuner (DVB-T)"). Someone has asked if they could override the names, as they can be quite verbose.

The easiest way I can see to do that is just to change the stored name in the database (CAPTURE_SOURCE.name). Is there any danger in doing that? Hopefully all the links are from its OID rather than its name?

Iain

[mvallevand]

I have this same issue with Web Radio and I thought it might be solvable when NPVR added support for language.xxx.xml

Martin

[imilne]

Can I bump this? I've just implemented renaming tuners but I'd prefer what I've done to be OKed by sub. It doesn't appear to have affected anything in the limited testing I've done, but it would be nice to be sure. I'm basically just executing:

Code:

UPDATE CAPTURE_SOURCE SET name = ? WHERE oid = ?;

[scb147]

Couldn't you just store the overridden name in the plugin configuration file? Store the oid and the overridden name. Then on display, if the oid exists in the configuration file, show that name. Otherwise, get the name out of the database.

I don't know how the System plugin is setup, but I just thought this would be a better way than editing the database.

[imilne]

Yeah, that would be my fallback plan, but being able to edit the database (if it was safe) is a quicker/easier job, and anything quicker is preferable with my current time-limited life