- experimental support for MtkChannelList.xml (which is part of several MediaTek based Google TVs, e.g. Philips formats 120 and 125)
- Philips formats 100-125: improved decoding of non-latin characters (turkish, cyrillic, ...)
- fixed error when changing "Auto hide/unhide columns" option while no list is loaded
- added "Feature" to serializers so they can enforce that all TV channels must come before Radio and Data (but share a common number sequence)
- added support for HB\_DATABASE\_\*.DBM channel lists with file size 74303 (e.g. Renkforce 1510 C HD, Telestar digiHD TC 7)
- added support for dtv_cmdb_2.bin files with file size 2731173 (e.g. Dijitsu Android TV with LD-M538 board)
- improved experimental support for amdb\*.db Android STB channel lists (now grouped by TV and radio for each satellite)
- combined HHD Hex Editor Neo structure definition files for HB_DATABASE.DBM file formats
- SignalSource.IP is now treated as a broadcast system (distinguishing Analog/Dvb/Ip) and no longer a broadcast medium (like antenna/cable/sat).
- SignalSource.Digital was renamed to DVB
- m3u: #EXTINF tag data is displayed in "Short Name" column and can be edited
- m3u: fixed saving #EXTINF lines containing tag data
- m3u: readded "File / Save as" menu item (but not for other types of lists)
- added "Pooling=False" parameter to all Sqlite connection strings to prevent open file locks after closing the connection and to avoid extreme delays when using CloseAllPools()
- C# code refactoring "using var" instead of "using ( ) { }" where possible
- replaced misuse of "FileLoadException" with a custom LoaderException to handle file loading issues with better continue/fail logic
- removed "Save As" and replaced it with "Convert list" menu item that shows information on how to use a reference list instead of direct conversion
- replaced misuse of "FileLoadException" with a custom LoaderException to handle file loading issues with better continue/fail logic
- removed "Save As" and replaced it with "Convert list" menu item that shows information on how to use a reference list instead of direct conversion
- Reference list dialog is now resizable
- Grundig dvb\*_config.xml lists are now separated into TV and Radio lists with individual ordering
- ability to load Grundig dvb\*\_config.xml files containing invalid XML characters (e.g. 0x10)
- Philips: support for FLASH/*.bin DVB-T/C and preset DVB-S lists (mgr_chan_s_pkg.db)
- Toshiba: lists with chmgt_type001\\chmgt.bin can now be opened without zipping them
- Toshiba: selecting the hotelopt_type001.bin will now also load the list (if the type is supported)
- Alden: added support for "Alden" Android SmartTV channel list format (dvr_rtk_tv.db)
".BIN" and ".BIN" to lowercase ".bin".
- Philips: Removing a channel from a list is no longer possible (because it is not supported by the TV's import).
When saving a file, all unsorted channels will be placed at the end of the list.
- support for Philips Repair\mgr_chan_s_fta.db lists is now read-only. Files can be used as a reference list,
but modifying them won't be possible.
- user interface can now be toggled between
- **split view**: classic ChanSort UI with new/ordered and old/full list side-by-side
- **single-table**: simplified and more intuitive UI, but not quite as powerful
When you choose to "Modify current list", the single-table view is used by default,
otherwise the split view. But you can always toggle between them.
- added option to select a color theme. The UI now uses the "Office 2019 Colorful" theme by default,
the old theme was "Office 2016 Blue".
- improved many keyboard shortcuts (open the drop-down menus to see the shortcuts)
- improved some icons to work better with dark themes
- improved reference list channel matching: if multiple channels match the same name, then the candidates are narrowed
down by service type (TV/radio/data - if known), case sensitivity (upper/lowercase), encryption (unencrypted first)
- added round-trip unit test for all loaders to check reordering channels and favorites, saving and reloading
- internal code clean-up regarding different favorite list modes (none vs. flags vs. ordered per source vs. mixed source)
- Toshiba settingsDB.db: support for lists without analog tuner data (missing TADTunerDataTable)
- Grunding: failed to load lists where the <Digital> element did not contain a <channels> child element
- W.I.P: reworking the reference list system so that a simple list of channels can be applied to the main channel numbers or a particular favorite list.
(The "Automatically reorder all lists" options currently does not work)
- fixed handling of reference lists (matching sat/cable/antenna, digital/analog, tv/radio/data criteria), especially for m3u lists which don't contain ONID-TSID-SID to identify channels
- fixed applying favorites from a reference list (it showed fav letters on the channels, but the fav lists were empty)
- added Polish translation (thanks to Jakub Driver!)
- potential fix for Samsung 1352.0 format, which can contain channels marked as deleted
- fixed non-unique numbers in mixed-source favorite lists when using "Add to Fav A" (Panasonic, Hisense, Sony, Philips)
- function to reorder channels from 1-x is now reordering all channels when only a single one was selected
- function to sort channels by name is now reordering all channels when only a single one was selected
- LG GlobalClone: some changes that might fix problems where the TV didn't work properly
with an importet list (ChanSort now modifies less data in the file)
- Menu items for hide/unhide, skip/unskip, lock/unlock are now disabled when these features are not supported by the
channel list file format
- Applying a .txt reference list (which doesn't contain information about skip/lock/hide) will no longer clear these
flags in the current channel list
Selecting any .xml or .bin file in the folder will now load all DVB\*.xml files from the
channellib and s2channellib sub folders.
The Loader can now return multiple file names to the MainForm that it will use for backup/restore.
- ChannelList.SignalSource and DataRoot.GetChannelList(SignalSource) are now handled so that if all bits of a given Mask are left 0, the list will accept anything.
i.e. if Tv/Radio/Data is left 0, the list can contain all of them as well as channels that have neither of the 3 bits set.
- added basic unit tests for each loader to ensure test files have the expected numbers of channels in the various sub lists
- Samsung ZIP: deleting a channel now really deletes it from the file, instead of marking it as deleted
and assigning -1 as channel number (which appears as 65535 on some models)
- changed logic how channel lists can control which columns are visible in the UI
- added column for PcrPid
- removed column AudioPid from SCM lists
- added handling for SCM lists where the value of the "hidden" flag is 255. (Guessing the hidden-status based on another field)
- after loading a list it is now ensures that if IsDeleted => OldProgramNr =-1 and for fixing bad files: if OldProgramNr == -1 => IsDeleted = true
- while saving a list, if NewProgramNr == -1, the channel will be set to IsDeleted=true and temporarily gets a sequential NewProgramNr assigned, so that no "-1" or duplicate numbers end up in the file. Afterwards for deleted channels the NewProgramNr will be set back to -1.
- GlobalClone files now set IsDeleted and IsDisabled if a channel was removed
- added a "DllName" property to all loaders (set automatically in the main app) for improved error output
- added a "View" class that lets loaders show a dialog prompt without adding direct references to DX assemblies
- Samsung SCM loader now prompts for TV series if it can't be auto-detected uniquely
- added fixes for Samsung .zip format from 288adf7bd2
- added popup to open download page for VC2010 x86 redist if not installed (needed to open SQLite files)
- added hack to work around a problem in the SharpZipLib when Windows returns an invalid code page
file format
- show error message when trying to open a .zip file that doen't contain
the expected files of a Samsung J series or Toshiba .zip channel list
- show error message when trying to open a broken .zip file, which is
most likely caused by exporting to a USB stick formatted with NTFS
- allow changing the "crypt" flag for Samsung .scm lists
- iterating through loaders supporting a file extension till one can read the file
- Samsung E,F,H,J .scm file format: allow independant reordering of each favorites list (with editable numbers)
- Samsung J .zip file format: predefined lists can be edited again, allow independant reordering of each favorites list (sequential numbers), allow deleting channels
"hidden" and "skipped/unselectable"
- reference lists: the satellite orbital position is no longer used
to match channels. (Samsung J series does not provide that info).
- Samsung J series: favorite lists are no longer individually sortable.
(The same Pr# is used for all favorite lists).
- Samsung J series: deleting channels now physically removes them from
the file. (The TV might automatically append them again when it finds
them in the DVB data stream).
- Samsung J series: editing of channel names is now enabled.
- Samsung J series: favorite E is now also available
