It would be very useful, if there was a possibility to give vlc alternative parameters for receiving from a dvb-adapter (by command line). This would help users who only receive a poor signal. Here is an example:
You type something like
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vlc dvb-c://frequency=658000000 :dvb-srate=6900 :dvb-modulation=256 :dvb-network-name="DVB-C Tuning Space"As the signal quality on this channel is quite poor at the moment, vlc can't manage to show a picture after 5 seconds (or a different timespan specified by the user). Now vlc tries to receive from a different channel instead, which might have a better signal quality. (Some DVB-providers send the same program on different frequencies.) This alternative channel could easily be specified like this:
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alt-frequency=621000000 :alt-dvb-srate=6900 :alt-dvb-modulation=64 :alt-dvb-network-name="DVB-C Tuning Space"
Another cool feature in this context would be, that vlc displays the quality of the incoming signal from 0% to 100%.
Both features might be useful not only for dvb-c, but also for dvb-s and especially dvb-t.
What do you think, are these features feasible?
