vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org schrieb am 10.04.2008 14:53:04:

ua0lnj schrieb:

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Hi If it's interecting for anybody.

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And other feature, this is deleting absent channels. If provider was deleted channels, you need delete it from channels.conf manually. After this patch, vdr auto deleting channels, which not present on transponder in sdt. Need select "delete absent channels" in dvb settings menu, but if you selected channels update or transponder

update.

I am very interested in this feature. My providers (astra/hotbird) are smart enough not to send not to much garbage, but deleting of unused channels is really a pain. I am at 4500 Channels in my channels.conf and

I am pretty sure that at least 30 % of them are long gone.

Is it possible to have that feature seperated ? @kls ... and include it in the mainline ?

Best regards Peter

How about something simpler and implement a manual delete on request, like a "negativ" channel scan ?

My usual way of cleaning up channels.conf is structuring it using the ":" feature in the conf file. The last managed entry is :5000 so I have 4999 channels that I can sort and structure as I like. Channels >=5000 are automaticly added from VDR, hence I only need to occationally delete entries >5000 and I'm fine. New channels I need will be moved manually into my managed range and stay there until I want to get rid of them.

I would actually prefer something manual instead of being triggered by the provider and their potential lazyness and their **ironie on** notorious standard adherence **ironie off**.

regards Peter