[mythtv] [patch] Channel visible indicator

[Derek Atkins]

"Kevin Kuphal" <kevin.kuphal at myrealbox.com> writes:

> It is not related to favorites (as others have noted).  It is about hiding
> channels that you don't want to see or don't get on your service.  Currently
> I could do this by commenting them out from XMLTV configuration and removing
>>From the DB but as someone noted, they come back the next time I run
> configuration or other functions that reinit the XMLTV stream.

Huh?  They don't for me.  After I run the xmltv configuration, but
before I run mythfilldatabase, I edit the xmltv config file and put
"not " in front of all of the channels I don't want to see.  The next
time I run xmltv's --configure it retains those settings, and
mythfilldatabase honors them as well so they wont get into the database.

So, there ARE ways to do what you want with the existing technology.

> Thanks,
> Kevin

-derek

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org 
>> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Markey
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:04 AM
>> To: Development of mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv] [patch] Channel visible indicator
>> 
>> 
>> Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>> > This patch adds a field to the channel record in the DB for 
>> "visible" 
>> > and modifies the channel selection in the EPG to only show visible 
>> > channels. This is the beginnings to support an easy way to 
>> configure 
>> > which channels show up in the EPG without having to modify 
>> the XMLTV 
>> > files or mess with deleting rows from the DB.  By hiding 
>> the channel, 
>> > the data is still filled so if later a change is made where 
>> you wish 
>> > to start using that channel again, it is an instantaneous toggle.  
>> > This is very similar to how the ReplayTV handles unwanted 
>> channels and 
>> > it seems to work very well for me on that platform.
>> 
>> Sorry but this feature has been there forever =).
>> 
>> grep -i favorite keys.txt
>> - / to jump to the next "favorite" channel
>> - ? to mark/unmark the current channel as a "favorite"
>> - /             browse program on next favorite channel.
>> - Pressing '/' will mark/unmark the current channel as a "favorite"
>> 
>> Favorites can be marked on the fly so you can even add or 
>> remove a 'visible' channel while in the EPG and can switch to 
>> seeing all channels with a single key. You can change 
>> channels to the next favorite and use favorites in browse mode also.
>> 
>> --  bjm
>> 
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