[vdr] Re: Keeping channels.conf FTA only?

[Seppo Ingalsuo <seppo.ingalsuo@iki.fi>]

> I hope this is not FAQ stuff -- are there easy ways to keep only FTA 
> channels in channels.conf? I like to keep all automatic channel 
> updates on for satellites which I'm able receive with my setup but the 
> problem is that channels.conf gets bloated by terrible amount of 
> encrypted channels.
Ummm - Any idea why this doesn't work? I wanted to get with automatic 
channel updates something similar to "dvbscan -o vdr -x 0 -t 1"

My tweaked channels.c:

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cChannel *cChannels::NewChannel(const cChannel *Transponder, const char 
*Name, int Nid, int Tid, int Sid, int Rid)
{
 if (Transponder) {
   if ((Transponder->Ca() == 0) && (Transponder->Vpid() > 0)) {
     dsyslog("creating new channel '%s' on %s transponder %d with id 
%d-%d-%d-%d",
         Name, cSource::ToString(Transponder->Source()), 
Transponder->Transponder(), Nid, Tid, Sid, Rid);
     cChannel *NewChannel = new cChannel(*Transponder);
     Add(NewChannel);
     ReNumber();
     NewChannel->SetId(Nid, Tid, Sid, Rid, false);
     NewChannel->SetName(Name, false);
     return NewChannel;
   }
 }
 return NULL;
}

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I tried to remove some FTA channels from my channels.conf but they 
didn't appear back. I wonder if Transponder->Ca() == 0 matches only 
all-FTA transponders?

The motivation for this feature is that with a motorized dish the 
channels.conf gets huge and utilities such as vdradmin becomes terribly 
slow due to large EPG database.

Seppo