- 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, ...)
- added support for Awox U5600STR TV (dtv_cmdb_2.bin with size of 2691 KB)
- fixed digital signature on .exe and .dll files
- added missing dll needed for print preview
- added partially missing translations for German and Spanish
- updated Polish translation
- added support for a Hisense HIS_SVL variant with different file structure
- Samsung IP-TV lists allow editing stream and logo URLs
- fixed text input in "Favorites" column (for lists that only have favorite markers and not individual numbers)
- converted source code to use SDK/MSBuild project files (for future migration to .NET 7 or 8)
- Reference list dialog further optimized to fit 1920x1080 @150% or 1024x768 @100% screens
- re-imported translation file (to fix incorrect letters in language names like "Русский")
- upgrade to DevExpress 22.1 libraries
- added experimental support for Loewe servicelist.xml format
- added polarity information to Excel export (and changed column order slightly)
- added missing Romanian translation files to the .zip
- LG WebOS 5: added warning that support is only experimental.
- Panasonic: Channel name editing is now supported for svl.bin files (unless there is no indicator what encoding to use)
- Hungarian translation: added missing files to .zip
- added Hungarian translation (credits to Istvan Krisko)
- Sony XML: fixed display of wrong DVB-C cable channel/transponder number
- LG webOS 5: unfortunately no news yet, but the insight that some "CX" models run on webOS 3.6 and others on 5.1, using
different file formats.
directory.
(Philips exports the .xml file with file attributes "hidden" and "system", which makes them invisible to Windows Explorer)
- upgrade to DevExpress 20.1.6
- Samsung .zip loader: auto-detect UTF-16 endianness and allow to change encoding after loading to UTF-16 LE/BE
(some files use Little Endian format and show chinese characters when loaded with the default Big Endian format)
- Customized column order is now preserved across file formats and input sources
- Note about LG WebOS 5 files (e.g. CX series):
It is still unclear what exact firmware version and conditions are needed to properly import a channel list.
Users reported about varying success of an import, reaching from not possible at all, only after a factory reset,
importing the same list twice or working just fine.
The problems is not related to ChanSort, as it can be reproduced by exporting a list to USB, swapping channels
in the TV's menu and trying to loading the previously exported list back. The TV may keep the swapped channels and
show inconsistencies between the channel list in the settings menu and the EPG.
- upgrade to DevExpress 20.1.4
- aded NUnit test to compare original and modified file and ensure only expected changes are made
- added DevExpress Data.Desktop DLL is now with 20.1 to start the application
- NO favorite list support
- UNCLEAR behavior when the list contains channels from multiple sources (DVB-C/T/S) - so far only files with a single source are supported
- Philips: combined DVB-C and DVB-T into a single list with a common number domain
- added exprimental support for Samsung "iptv" list
- added Suiss reference lists with Astra 19.2E + Hotbird 13.0E channels
- fixed "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException..." when opening a file which supports mixed-source favorite lists
(Sony, Philips, Hisense, ...)
- System requirements changed: .NET Framework 4.8
- added high-DPI support
- added Accessibility menu options to change the UI font size
- 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
- support for Hisense channel.db format of the H50B7700UW, which has a different schema in the fav_x tables
- added spanish translation to distribution packages
- added missing DLL required for printing
- support for channel file name as command line argument
- added explorer integration option in settings menu (to register file types)
- added drag/drop support to drag a file from windows explorer onto chansort to open it
- added reference list for vodafone cable TV in Berlin
- fixed a few missing German translations
- added russian translation from resources.dll back to .resx
- extracted all localized strings to a .xlsx spreadsheet to allow easier translation
- added feature to allow specific channel lists to define which data columns should be visible. This can be customized by individual file format loaders.
- upgraded to DevExpress 15.1.6
"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
