ChanSort/source/changelog.md

ChanSort Change Log

2017-06-08

• added experimental support for Loewe / Hisense 2017 servicelist.db 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
• less reliable on file name / extension to detect file format (trying all loaders which support the file extension until one can successfully read the file)

2017-01-26

• added Czech translation (thanks to Pavel Mizera)
• fixed error when opening latest Hisense channel.db file format

2016-08-10

• fixed saving of LG GlobalClone format (LH series and others)
• fixed wrong .scm format detection when file was renamed by user

2016-05-07

• added support for Hisense channel.db file format
• text reference lists (.txt, .csv, .chl) can now be opened and edited just like TV data files.
• added dialog for advanced reference list support to apply partial lists or from different input sources.
• swap 2 channels by selecting one in the left list and double-click another one in the right list
• inserting channels now also works with channels that already have a new number assigned

2015-11-29

• Samsung E,F,H,J .scm file format: allow independant reordering of each favorites list
• Samsung J .zip file format: predefined lists can be edited again, allow independant reordering of each favorites list, allow deleting channels

2015-11-28

• fixed file format detection for Samsung J models with .scm file extension

2015-11-27

• disable editing of predefined channel lists (based on LCN). TVs can show erratic behavior when a predefined list is modified. e.g. Samsung J built-in "Astra 19.2E" list, LG "Astra" or "Sky" lists, ... (can be overridden in the Settings menu)
• new skin

2015-11-26

• Samsung J series: file detection changed from channel_list_t*.zip to *.zip
• Toshiba: file detection changed from *.zip to Hotel*.zip
• LG GlobalClone: favorites are now saved to the file
• Added comment to info screen when opening LG LB/UB series GlobalClone list

2015-10-15

• Samsung J series: fixed error when saving certain lists which don't contain an "SRV_DVB_EXT" table.
• Panasonic: allow to edit the "Encrypted" flag, which is sometimes set incorrectly during the channel search.

2015-09-19

• Samsung J series: fixed deleting of channels
• LG GlobalClone: modified channel names were not written to the file
• LG GlobalClone: ask whether the conflicting xx*.TLL files should be renamed so that the TV can import the GlobalClone file.
• LG GlobalClone: improved support for old file format with may have caused errors due to invalid XML characters inside the file.
• Panasonic: re-enabled channel lists with gaps in the numbers
• Update-Check: looking for latest version at github.com
• Detecting corrupted files with 0 size or all bytes with value 0

2015-06-13

• when appending unsorted channels during save, they are now set to "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

2015-06-05

• added support for Samsung J-Series DVB-T and analog channel lists
• fixed reference lists with Samsung J-Series
• web site and source code moved to http://github.com/PredatH0r/ChanSort

2015-04-18

• added support for Samsung J-Series DVB-C and DVB-S channel lists (analog channels and DVB-T are not supported yet)

2015-04-17

• added experimental support for Samsung J-Series DVB-C channel lists (analog channels, DVB-T and DVB-S are not supported yet)

2015-01-14

• added support for LG xx*.xml file names used by some hospitality TVs
• fixed handling of multiple satellites with LG's GlobalClone format
• setting the locked/skipped/hidden/deleted flags in LG GlobalClone files
• updated information text about required firmware update for LG webOS TVs
• show help text when a Samsung SCM file contains only bytes with value 0

2014-12-21

• added support for Panasonic SAT>IP channel lists
• enforce sequential program numbers for Pansonic lists (TV does not work properly with gaps between the numbers)
• show warning for LG LB webOS TV channel lists, that due to firmware issues any imported list (modified or not) may be unstable

2014-11-04

• fixed handling of favorites for Samsung F and H series
• fixed deleting of channels for older LG models (LD,LE,LH)

2014-11-02

• fixed reading Samsung channel lists containing empty satellite records
• disabled individual sorting of favorite lists for Samsung F and H series. It appears that only the E series firmware supports this feature.
• disabled deleting of channels from LG's GlobalClone channel lists because the TV does not support this. Instead they are appended at the end of the list.
• added support for Samsung "map-AirCableMixedA" and "map-AirCableMixedD" channel lists (used by some hospitality TVs)
• disabled editing of channel names for Panasonic lists to prevent side effects after saving (e.g. incorrect alphabetical sorting shown on TV)

2014-09-11

• fixed support for LG LV/LW DVB-C/T channel lists
• added support for Samsung map-CyfraPlusD channel list
• added Russian translation (thanks to some anonymous developer!)

2014-07-14

• fixed issue with broken channel lists for LG models LV, LW (except LW4500, LW5400), LK950S and PM670S
• added support for LG's LY series binary TLL file format

2014-07-11

• improved accessibility support (channel list and prog/fav list selection)

2014-07-08

• added Accessibility menu and hotkeys to directly select the input source (Alt+1 to Alt+9) and the program/favorite lists (Ctrl+Alt+0, ...)
• addes support for LG LH250C

2014-06-10

• fixed problem with incorrect favorites when applying a reference list
• added function "Edit / Renumber Favorites by Pr#" to use the same numbers in all lists

2014-06-08.3

• fixed problem with Toshiba lists that refer to invalid satellites

2014-06-08.2

• added support for LG xxLB580V analog and DVB-C/T channel lists

2014-06-08

• fixed loading of Panasonic svl.db / svl.bin files

2014-05-30

• fixed issues with LG "GlobalClone" XML file format

2014-05-29

• supports LG LB55xx and LB56xx xxLB*.TLL channel lists
• supports LG LB58xx*.TLL channel lists (satellite channels ONLY due to lack of DVB-C/T test files)
• supports LG Clone.TLL channel lists (e.g. LA8xxx, LB6xxx, LB7xxx models) (deleting channels is not yet implemented)

2014-05-06

• Added support for Canal+ Digital channel list (map-DigitalPlusD)
• Fixed: "Save reference file" ignored the entered filename for .csv lists
• Improved file format detection for Freesat, Tivusat, Canal Digital Sat

2014-05-05

• Added support for VDR *.conf channel list format (Thanks to TCr82 for providing this code patch!)

2014-01-27

• Added support for Samsung "Channel Digital Sat" channel lists

2014-01-21

• show channel "Provider" information for Samsung C,D and E series DVB-C/T and Satellite channel lists (no data available for Astra HD+)

2013-12-22

• Analog channel names loaded from a reference file (.csv, .csm, .tll, ...) are now copied into and saved with the current TV data file .

2013-12-20

• fixed incorrect disabling of "move channel up" button/menu item

2013-12-19

• Support for Samsung Tivusat channel list

2013-12-15

• Support for new channel list file format introduced by LG's firmware 04.20.29 for LA- and LN-series
• LG DVB-C/T channel numbers are now marked as "moved" so that the TV does not change them automatically

2013-11-24

• Load and repair corrupted Panasonic and Toshiba SQLite channel lists

2013-11-23

• Channel lists can now be printed
• Fix: Error when saving Toshiba and Panasonic channel list which contained red proxy entries for missing channels after applying a reference list
• Fix: Modified Panasonic channel names were not written to the file

2013-11-20

• Panasonic: Handling of special characters in channel names
• Toshiba: channels didn't change their order for zapping in .zip/chmgt.db channel lists (thanks to Kurt W. for the hint)

2013-11-16

• FIX: changes to Samsung channel lists after the first "save file" operation were lost. Only the first save operation worked as expected.
• FIX: channels in Samsung B-series DVB-C/T channel lists were incorrectly identified and marked as deleted/active, resulting in duplicate program numbers on the TV.
• FIX: channel names in Samsung lists sometimes showed "..." after the end
• FIX: dragging something (e.g. a file) from outside ChanSort over one of its tables causes an error

2013-11-12 (beta)

• Experimental support for modifying LG channel lists with predefined channel numbers (LCN)
• Backed-out some changes from 2013-11-09 which may have caused incorrect handling of deleted channels in Samsung channel lists

2013-11-09

• File / "File information" now shows information for all TV models
• Disabled "TV-Set" menu items which are not applicable
• Fixed DVB-S transponder/frequency information for LG LN and LA61xx series
• Fixed deleting channels in Samsung B-series Digital Air/Cable lists
• Fixed encryption information in Samsung B-series Digital Air/Cable lists
• Fixed loading of reference lists with non-unique channel identifiers
• Fixed error when saving LG files for models LD-LK after applying a reference list which contains channels not present in the TLL file

2013-10-23

• Support for Samsung's Monitor/TV 3-series (LTxxy3)

2013-10-22

• Support for Samsung's 2013 B-Series

2013-10-07

• Added support for Samsung "FreesatD" channel lists
• Added support for LG LP-series sat channel lists (DVB-C/T not supported)
• Added columns for "skip" and "hide" channel flags to left list
• skipped/hidden channels are now display with blue/light grey color
• LG hotel-mode/DTV-update settings editable for all supported LG models

2013-09-15

• Added support for LG PN-series satellite channel lists
• Fixed: use last selected character set when loading LG channel lists
• Fixed missing translations

2013-08-21

• Added support for LG PN-series (tested with PN6500)

2013-08-19

• Fixed loading Samsung B-series channel lists
• Changed file filter for LG to "xx*.TLL" to exclude the GlobalClone*.TLL files of LA and LN series.
• Fixed "New version available" info screen
• Improved error handling

2013-07-23

• Added support for LG LT-series (tested with xxLT380H)

2013-07-22

• Display message box to install VC++ 2010 Redist Package (x86) when it is missing (required by SQLite to load Panasonic and Toshiba lists)
• FIX: added missing files for Portuguese translation

2013-07-19.3

• FIX: .NET Framework 4.0 exceptions about loading DLLs downloaded from the web (since the whole .zip was downloaded from the web)

2013-07-19.2

• FIX: Samsung "CablePrime" channel list was not updated/saved
• FIX: Deleted Samsung analog, DVB-T and DVB-C channels re-appeared in the channel list after loading the file again.

2013-07-19

• Supports Panasonic "svl.bin" channel lists for different TV CPUs (auto-detecting big-endian or little-endian byte order).
• *.csv reference list is no longer created automatically. (You can always use your TV data file as a reference list anyway)
• File / Save reference list... now opens a dialog which allows to save in either ChanSort *.csv or SamToolBox *.chl format. (The *.chl format only contains the currently selected list, so it can be used to duplicate the order from e.g. the "Astra HD+" to the "Satellite" list within the same *.scm file)
• Upgraded to .NET Framework 4.0 and DevExpress 13.1 libraries

2013-07-03

• Support for individually sorted favorite lists, if supported by TV (e.g. Samsung E and F series, Panasonic Viera)
• FIX: "insert after" using drag and drop from right to left list inserted before instead of after the drop position

2013-07-02

• FIX: wrong version number (caused a popup about a newer version online)

2013-07-01

• Added support for Panasonic channel list (svl.db and svl.bin format)
• Translated UI to Portuguese (Thanks to Vitor Martins Augusto)

2013-06-24

• FIX: Resizing a column caused an exception
• FIX: Deleting satellite channels from an SCM file did not work correctly
• Improved SCM file format detection
• Samsung E/F-series: channels in the favorite lists now use their prog# instead of all being put at #1 (in a future version the fav lists may be sorted separately)

2013-06-23

• Drag&Drop inside left list and from right to left list (only available when the left list is sorted by "New Pr#")
• Simplified menu/tool bar
• FIX: Moving multiple channels down now works correctly
• FIX: +/- keys no longer open the cell-editor after moving a channel
• Editor for "New Pr#" no longer opens when pressing non-numeric keys
• Move up/down is now disabled when left list is not sorted by "New Pr#"

2013-06-22

• Showing separate DVB-C and DVB-T lists for LG TVs (LA series can have both lists while prior models only had one)
• FIX: Lists for LG's LD,LE,LX,PK (except 950), PT, LW4500, LW5400 models are now physically reordered
• Empty lists are no longer displayed

2013-05-29

• Added support for Samsung "CablePrime" channel lists
• FIX: error when loading a Samsung files which only contains an AstraHDPlus channel list.
• Channel name editor now limits the input to the maximum number of characters allowed by the file format (e.g. 5 chars for Samsung analog channel names)

2013-05-16

• FIX: on LG's LA and LN models the DVB-S symbol rate got corrupted
• disabled editing of LG channel lists whith preset program numbers
• last file is no longer loaded automatically when starting ChanSort

2013-05-11

• TV data files can be used as reference lists (without exporting .csv)
• added "File / Export Excel list" function
• added hotkeys to many menu items
• added most recently used files to menu
• added support to enable Hotel Mode for LH3000 and LN models
• fixed: saved incorrect DVB-S transponder symbol rate for LG's LK950S, LV, LW and LN models
• re-added "TV-Set / Clean channel data" function for LG TV's.

2013-05-07

• Added support for LG's LN-series
• Fixed: Saving reordered list for LG xxLH3000.
• Removed "Cleanup TV data file" function which bricked one LG TV.

2013-05-03

• Added Assistants for loading and saving files
• Added support for LG's 2013 LA-series DVB-S channel lists. Due to a lack of test files containing analog or DVB-C/T channels, these lists are not supported yet. If you have a TLL file with such channels please send it to horst@beham.biz.
• Added support for LG's LH3000 Model
• Improved clean-up of LG channel lists. This should solve problems with program numbers changing randomly or inability to change them at all.
• Fixed: Program number and channel name can be edited again by directly typing the number or name on the keyboard.
• Fixed: Sorting and column layout is now preserved when switching lists
• Fixed: Missing channels from a reference list appeared as valid channels in the UI after saving a TLL file.

2013-04-21

• Fix: Encryption flag for Samsung analog and DVB-C/T lists now shown correctly
• Added "Remove channels" function to right list. E.g. you can use this to search and select encrypted channels in the right list and remove them (from the sorted list).
• Text editor for channel number or name now only opens after holding the left mouse button down for at least 0.5sec. This prevents it from opening when you double-click a channel.
• Added "Edit channel name" function to menus (due to the editor no longer opening automatically after a short click on the name)
• Warnings and information about TV file content are no longer shown when opening the file. It can be viewed by using the "File / Show file information" menu item.
• Added experimental loader for Panasonic TV files. Saving is not supported yet!

2013-04-11

• added support for Toshiba *.zip channel lists (containing chmgt.db list)
• allow Pr #0 for analog channels
• FIX: first channel list only got populated after switching between tabs

2013-04-08

• Added support for Samsung F-series.
• Added online check for updated program version

2013-04-07

• FIX: saving a .TLL file after loading a reference list which contained channels that are no longer inside the .TLL caused an error during saving

2013-04-06

• FIX: When double-clicking a channel in the right list, which was already part of the sorted list, the wrong channel was selected in the left list.
• new application icon which is licensed free-to-use

2013-04-05

• Redesigned user interface
• Editing option to close or keep gaps when moving/deleting channels
• Support for LG LMxxxT models, which export an invalid DVB-S data block
• Opening a file automatically shows the first non-empty channel list
• Reloading a TV-file will show the last opened list
• FIX: Deleting rows caused incorrect selections in the left list. Successive deletes resulted in the loss of the first channel.
• FIX: Duplicate Pr# was assigned to channels when they were added out of order

2013-04-04

• Deleting channels for Samsung TVs now stores the files correctly (no longer showing them all on Pr #0 on your TV)

2013-04-03 (major release)

• complete re-write of the code for loading/saving TV-data files (SCM, TLL) and reference lists (CSV).
• added support for LG's LX-models
• channel names can now be edited for both LG and Samsung
• menu item for (un-)setting favorite #5 for Samsung series E
• Samsung channel lists are now loaded/saved correctly (program numbers, favorites, locking, frequencies, ...)
• loading a reference list for a Samsung .SCM file which contains both air and cable channels or satellite and AstraHD+ channels caused the items to be mixed up and all shown in the first list (showing not-found channels in red)

2013-03-30

• FIX: bei nicht-LM Ger<65>ten wurden die DVB-S Programmnummern falsch ausgelesen
• Hotelmodus/DTV-channel-update kann nun bei allen LG serien ge<67>ndert werden

2013-03-29

• LG: Doppelt vorhandene Sender (die automatisch vom TV bei der Sendersuche mit L<>ndervoreinstellung angelegt werden) werden nun automatisch gel<65>scht. Diese f<>hren am TV h<>ufig dazu, dass Sender zuf<75>llig zwischen deren Programmpl<70>tzen hin- und herspringen. (Bug im TV, unabh<62>ngig von ChanSort)
• LG: Sender k<>nnen nun gel<65>scht werden ("Nicht explizit sortierte Sender: L<>schen")
• LG: <20>ndern von Sendernamen m<>glich (um bei DVB-C/T/S die Namen nicht wieder zu verlieren, muss Hotel-Mode=ein und DTV channel update="manual" sein)
• LG: F<>r die LM-Serie kann nun innerhalb von ChanSort der Hotel-Modus bzw die Senderlisten-Aktualisierung ein-/ausgeschaltet werden.

2013-02-26

• Neuer Bearbeitungsmodus "Tauschen" eingebaut, mit dem beim <20>ndern der Programmnummer die beiden Sender ihre Nummer tauschen und alle anderen Nummern unver<65>ndert bleiben.
• Beim <20>ffnen einer TV-Datei ohne zugeh<65>riger Referenzliste werden nun automatisch alle Sender in die "Sortierte Liste" <20>bernommen.
• "Speichern unter" funktioniert nun auch mit Samsung's SCM Dateien
• Wenn beim Speichern ein Fehler auftritt, wird nun auf m<>gliche Ursachen hingewiesen

2013-02-11

• Mehrfach vorhandene Sender werden nun getrennt angezeigt, wenn sie unterschiedlichen Programmnummern zugewiesen sind (z.B. DVB-T Empfang des gleichen Senders <20>ber verschiedene Sendeanlagen).
• Beim <20>ndern der Programmnr auf eine bisher nicht verwendete Nummer werden die Programmnummern hinter der neuen Nummer nicht mehr erh<72>ht.

2013-02-04

• Unterst<FC>tzung f<>r Samsung "AstraHDPlus" Senderliste hinzugef<65>gt
• Funktion zum <20>bernehmen der bestehenden Senderliste in die sortierte Liste

2013-01-22

• Fix: Import von .chl Referenzlisten, wenn der gleiche Sendername <20>ber mehrere Satelliten empfangen wird und dort dem gleichen TSID zugewiesen ist.

2013-01-16

• Import von .chl Referenzlisten von SamToolBox
• Samsung Senderlisten zeigen nun "verschl<68>sselt"-Info an
• FIX: Mehrfachauswahl in den Senderlisten (mit Strg/Shift + Maus/Cursortasten)
• FIX: Warnung statt Absturz bei mehrfach vergebenen Transponder-IDs (.SCM Datei)

2013-01-15

• Samsung Serie E wird nun unterst<73>tzt
• Favoritenliste der Samsung Serie D und E wird nun erkannt
• Samsung Modellerkennung verbessert

2012-12-26

• Unterst<FC>tzung f<>r Samsung Fernseher hinzugef<65>gt
• Funktion zum <20>ffnen einer Referenzliste hinzugef<65>gt
• Funktion zum kompletten L<>schen der Senderlisten f<>r LG Fernseher
• Diverse Bugfixes

2012-11-07

• Anzeige von DVB Netzwerk Name und Betreiber
• Anzeige der DVB-S Transpondernummer
• Fix: Direkte Eingabe der Prog# in rechter Liste, wenn sie vorher 0 war

2012-11-06

• Fix: Analoge Senderliste wurde nicht korrekt gespeichert
• Fix: Hinzuf<75>gen von Sendern zu einer leeren Liste
• Setzen von Favoriten m<>glich
• Setzen von Sender sperren / <20>berspringen / verstecken
• Direkte Eingabe von neuer Programmnr in den Tabellen
• Kontextmen<FC> <20>ber rechte Maustaste

2012-11-05

• Fix: DVB-C/T Senderliste wurde nicht korrekt gespeichert
• Fix: Favoriten in DVB-C/T werden nun korrekt angezeigt

2012-11-04

• Fix: Transpondernummer und Satelliteninfo wurde falsch ausgelesen
• Mehrfach vorhandene Sender werden nun nicht mehr ausgefiltert

2012-11-01

• UI und internes Datenmodell komplett <20>berarbeitet
• Getrennte Listen f<>r Analog, DVB-C/T, DVB-S in jeweils Radio/TV

2012-10-30

• Unterst<FC>tzung f<>r LG Serie CS, LD, LE, LH und PM hinzugef<65>gt
• Neue Serien k<>nnen durch Anpassen einer .INI Datei hinzugef<65>gt werden
• Automatischer Test im Sourcecode, der alle bekannten TLLs l<>dt
• Hilfe-Men<65> hinzugef<65>gt

2012-10-29

• Plugin zum direkten Laden/Speichern von TLLs, ohne TLLsort.exe
• Unterst<FC>tzung f<>r LG Serie LV und LW hinzugef<65>gt
• Sourcen ver<65>ffentlicht

2012-10-26

• Programm umbenannt von TLLsortGUI auf ChanSort
• <DC>bersetzt in Englisch und <20>sterreichisch
• Einstellungen werden beim Beenden/Speichern des Programms <20>bernommen
• Ausgew<E4>hlten Zeilen in der sortierten Liste alphabetisch sortieren
• Dateinamen f<>r Speichern k<>nnen ge<67>ndert werden
• Unterst<FC>tzung f<>r Plugin-DLLs f<>r verschiedene TV-Modelle

2012-10-25

• Neu: Wenn eine Gruppenzeile (Sat, Analog, CableAndTerrestic) ausgew<65>hlt ist, werden alle darin enthaltene Sender eingef<65>gt bzw. entfernt.
• Bugfix: Eingabefelder f<>r Einf<6E>gepositionen erlauben nun keine ung<6E>ltigen (sprich zu hohe, nicht fortlaufende) Nummern mehr.

2012-10-24 (14:52 MESZ)

• Bugfix: Fehler beim Einlesen der TLL-Datei, wenn der gleiche Sender (sprich Uid) mehrfach enthalten war. Kann vermutlich passieren, wenn ein Sendersuchlauf 2x durchgef<65>hrt wurde, ohne die alten Programme zu l<>schen.

2012-10-24 (#1)

• erste Ver<65>ffentlichung