CR wrote: ...
Having a seperate file to maintain categories seems like it wouldn't break existing EPG and/or VDR code. Maybe VDR could provide an option to flip between "raw" channels.conf and "categorized" channels.
I agree that the channel chaos currently is VDR's greatest weakness.
Your idea of having a separate configuration file that allows me to work with a subset of the real channel list would help a lot, but it would not solve all problems.
From my point of view, the main problem is that channels change every day.
I am forced to keep track of that, which turns out to be a lot of work.
I have tried to sort away channels that I do not care for into groups (using the existing channel group feature). The trouble with that is, that such a channel could change into a channel I do care for.
Channels I do not care for include:
* Channels that I cannot decrypt.
* Channels that only have audio languages that I do not understand.
* Shopping / Advertizing / Porn 0900.
* Sports.
* Radio.
If there would be an automatic way to keep those 5 out, it would be much easier to group the rest (maybe using your "categorized" channels idea).
Carsten.