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<73>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<73>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<65> <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<73>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<73>tzung f<>r LG Serie LV und LW hinzugef<65>gt
- Sourcen ver<65>ffentlicht

2012-10-26
- Programm umbenannt von TLLsortGUI auf ChanSort
- <20>bersetzt in Englisch und <20>sterreichisch
- Einstellungen werden beim Beenden/Speichern des Programms <20>bernommen
- Ausgew<65>hlten Zeilen in der sortierten Liste alphabetisch sortieren
- Dateinamen f<>r Speichern k<>nnen ge<67>ndert werden
- Unterst<73>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