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TV Control API specification - https://w3c.github.io/tvcontrol-api/
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TVChannel#isFree? #37

Open mprobst-irt opened 7 years ago

mprobst-irt commented 7 years ago

"indicate whether the TV/Radio channel is free to watch."

What does it mean, unencrypted or also encrypted but the user has a subscription and the channel can be decrypted.

mprobst-irt commented 7 years ago

Via Mail there was a comment, that it means it is unencrypted.

So, how does the application/web page know that the current channel is being decrypted if it is not free?

The channel change event does not have specific error definitions

stevem-tw commented 7 years ago

I have changed the name to "isEncrypted" and updated the definition in my local copy to make this a little clearer.

This does not address the issue of knowing whether an encrypted service is successfully being played or not, however.

mprobst-irt commented 7 years ago

Response via mail.

Well, actually both are complementary and "isFree" might have it's own use in the program selection process.

When isFree is not the same as is (not isEncrypted), what does it mean? Can there be a channel that is encrypted but also considered to be free?