[vdr] Re: managing channels

[Frank.Scherthan@t-online.de (Frank Scherthan)]

Jacek Popławski schrieb:

> I have more than 1000 channels in channels.conf, and I am going to have even
> more one day, but I am unable to manage them. Moving channel from one place to
> another is painfull. In Windows applications - you can create tabs, folders,
> and move channels or group of channels from place to place. Is it possible
> somehow in vdr currently? Are there applications to manage channels.conf?                                    
> 1) how do you manage channels in your vdr?       
I usually import channels.conf into openoffice.org Calc as CSV where
colums are seperated by ":"
There it is easy to filter/search/move channels.
When you are ready you can than export the list as CSV when you use ":" 
as separator...

> 2) how to control adding new channels by vdr? I noticed it scans transponders                        
> and put channels in channels.conf, but I don't know when exactly that happens                        
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> 3) is there any other plugin than channelswitcher to organize channels list?               
YES! channelorg.
http://www.freewebs.com/sadhome/
It is a good start: you can create/delete and move groups.
You can even sort groups by name or frquency...

The biggest pain in the ass is that there is no way to see, if a
channel is still available ...
My list has now 2500(!) channels, and I know there are "only" 2200 on
astra AND eutelsat. :(


Frank