[vlc-devel] zvbi "default region" setting

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 9 sep 2008, at 14:00, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:03:47 +0200, Marian Ďurkovič <md at bts.sk>  
> wrote:
>> Probably it's required to define a new config parameter
>> "Teletext default region", which needs to be user configurable.
>
> Errr... it should just be autodetected (perhaps, with a  
> configuration knob
> for odd balls combinations), or it needs to be asked very clearly when
> needed. No user will ever think of going to the preferences for that.

To quote the zvbi documentation btw:

/* Teletext uses a 7 bit character set. To support multiple
  * languages there are eight national variants which replace
  * the square bracket, backslash and other characters in a
  * fashion similar to ISO 646. These national variants are
  * selected by a 3 bit code in the header of each Teletext page.
  *
  * Eventually eight character sets proved to be insufficient,
  * so manufacturers of Teletext decoders interpreted these bits
  * differently in certain countries or regions. Teletext Level
  * 1.5 finally defined a method to transmit an 8 bit character
  * code which applies to a single page or provides the upper 5
  * bits of the character code for all pages.
  *
  * Regrettably some networks still only transmit the lower 3
  * bits. With this function you can supply an 8 bit default
  * character code for all pages. The built-in default is 16.
  */

DJ