Re: [tvcontrol-api] Why retrieve a list of tuners instead of just one tuner?

Hi all,

I am probably joining the discussion late but I am starting to dive 
into this as my problem is to look at a better use of metadata for 
selecting a programme of interest to be eventually displayed.

Reading the specification, independently from implementation details 
(i.e. what function should do what), I can live with a TVManager that 
identifies available TVTuners (yes, tv sets on the market do have more
 than one tuner) as physical devices, through which information can be
 collected to list tvsources/channels.

Question: do we mean using inline metadata from embedded service 
information? 

Then either a tvsource/channel is selected and the mediaStream in 
consumed displaying the programme available at that time, or the 
inline metadata such as present/following data allows selecting a 
tvsource/channel for the particular programme it offers.

Question: I do not see how the current APIs would exploit the data to 
select a tvsource/channel for its content/programme.

Actually, in this context, I am more confused with "tvsources vs. 
channels" than "tvtuner vs tvsource".

General comment: we have clear focus on TV but these could be Radio as
 well

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