Channel and Favorites Editor
- In the channel list multi-selection
is restricted to items belonging to the same level, so a selection
cannot contain categories besides channels. Additionally the items
(except root nodes) must be located in the same Video or Audio folder,
so a selection cannot contain TV and Radio channels or
items from different root folders.
- In the favorites list multi-selection
is restricted to items of the same type, so a selection cannot contain
categories and channels. However, a selection may contain channels from
different levels, which means, channels outside and inside of
categories.
Added: Channel Editor: Cut,
Copy and Paste functions for moving or copying (multi-)selected channel
list or favorite items to another location. The functions are available
in the context menu of the channel / favorites editor or by using the
standard keys Ctrl + X/C/V. Please note that DVBViewer does not use the
standard Windows clipboard in this case, but a file in the Windows temp
folder that even survives a reboot. Cut, Copy and Paste may serve the
following purpose:
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Moving channels or categories within the channel list or favorites list
by using Cut and Paste (as keyboard substitute for drag & drop).
- Copying channels or categories from the channel list to the favorites list (as keyboard substitute for drag & drop).
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Copying channels or favorites from or to other DVBViewer instances
resp. installations on the same PC (particularly DVBViewer GE). Please
note that favorites can only be copied to favorite lists, not to channel
lists.
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Copying scan results from the TransEdit Scanner Window to the DVBViewer
channel list by using “Copy to clipboard” in the Scanner Window context
menu or Ctrl + C. TransEdit exports a mixture of channels from
different transponders as category folders and a mixture of TV and Radio
channels as root folder, which are inserted as such (including their
content, of course) in the DVBViewer channel list. Only channels of the
same type (TV or Radio) from the same transponder (frequency) are copied
as pure channels.
Please note the following restrictions:
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The favorites editor actively prevents duplicates, so it does not make
sense to use Copy and Paste within the favorites. After drag & drop
or copy & paste of channels to the favorites a message box informs
about how many of the selected channels were rejected because they are
already present in the favorites list.
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Favorites only work if they are also present in the channel list (the
favorites list is a subset of the channel list), so it is no good idea
to use Cut and Paste for moving channels from the channel list to the
favorites. It may result in data loss since it is not possible to to
move/copy channels from the favorites back to the channel list.
Added: Channel Editor: “Sort
Alphabetically” function in the context menu of the channel editor
(Ctrl + O). Sorts the categories contained in the selected video/audio
folder or the channels contained in the selected category folder(s) in
alphabetical order. Please note that this kind of sorting changes
the channel list permanently, unlike the sort functions in the channel
list (without editor) that only influence how the channel list is
displayed.
Added: Channel Editor: Context
sensitive help function for the different editor pages. Please use the
question mark tool button or F1 to open the corresponding Wiki page in
your browser.
Change: Channel Editor: The auto-expand delay for drag & drop has been increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
Added: Channel Editor: “New”
Button on the channel data page. It opens a pop-up menu allowing to
select the tuner type for new channel data that can be entered on a page
where all parameters are blank resp. set to zero.
Fix: Channel Editor: File names containing a dot were cut off at this position on export.
Change: Favorites Editor: New icons for the favorites indicating the tuner type (DVB-S/T/C) and if the channel is encrypted. Please note: A red
cross indicates that no matching channel can be found for this
favorite. Additionally it is disabled in the Favorite Menu and skipped
on Favorite Plus/Minus. To make it work again such a favorite must be
recreated, or the missing channel must be added again to the channel
list.
The
channel ID based assignment of favorites to channels is handled more
strictly than before. A maximum of one deviating Channel ID attribute is
accepted (and subsequently corrected). Otherwise the favorite is
regarded as “not assignable”. However, a new internal favorite
auto-update function continuously synchronizes the favorites with
channel ID changes while DVBViewer is running. For example if a
channel is renamed, the associated favorite is renamed in the same
way. This measure avoids broken links between favorites and the
corresponding channels.
Reception Settings and Channel Search
Removed: Channel Editor: Satellite
reception settings like DiSEqC, LOF and Tone cannot be set up per
folder or channel anymore. They are only displayed as information on the
channel data page. Please use the new Reception Settings page to
configure reception of a satellite position (see below).
Added: Channel Editor: Clicking
the gear wheel tool button opens a new Reception Settings page. The
list on the left shows the available reception types (depending on the
available tuner types). The list on the right shows the available
transponder resp. frequency lists for the selected reception type. They
are required for a channel search.
The
Update Button updates both lists after changes in the hardware
configuration, channel list or the transponder list directory. The “New
DVB-S” Button creates a new satellite reception type item. It becomes
permanent after selecting a transponder list for it and performing a
channel search. The Transponder List Directory link opens an Explorer
window showing the files in the transponder list directory.
The
settings section allows to change the name of the selected transponder
list and to set up DiSEqC and the LNB type for satellite reception.
Clicking Apply updates the selected transponder list and all channels
belonging to the selected reception type accordingly. Additionally Apply
creates a permanent link between the reception type and the transponder
list so it only has to be set up once for a channel search.
Please note that
each satellite position is regarded as a separate reception type.
Internally it is identified by its orbital position originating from the
transponder list that has been used for scanning. However, if channel
list entries are very old or have been created by a scan without
transponder list, no orbital position may be assigned to them. They will
let a “DVB-S 0°” item appear in the reception type list.
Please select a matching transponder list for this item and click Apply
to prevent issues that may result from missing orbital position
assignments.
Change: Channel Search: The
Channel Search Window has been integrated in the Channel Editor. It
does not lock the DVBViewer UI anymore, that now remains accessible
while a channel search is going on. The scanner engine and UI has been
adopted from the DVBViewer GE scanner, entailing several fixes and
updates, including new options, correct handling of DVB-T2 transponders,
scanning for DVB-T2 MPLP sub-streams with appropriate hardware (Digital
Devices, DVBSky) and the possibility to scan DVB IPTV lists (as for
T-Entertain, INI and M3U format supported).
and
drag & drop it into the “Transponder Lists” field of the Reception
Settings Page. This will store the file in the transponder list
directory and make it available in the “Transponder Lists” list box.
Added: Channel Editor / Channel Search: “Scan
this Frequency (F10)” item in the channel editor context menu. It is
only available if the scanner page is visible, not scanning and a
channel with a matching reception type is selected. The command sets the
start transponder resp. frequency on the scanner page to the channel's
transponder, thus enabling to scan it with “Scan Frequency”.
General Channel Handling
The
recorder's auto-update activities do not depend anymore on at least one
of the “All Audio Tracks”, “DVB Subtitles” and “Auto-Split” options
being switched on. The channel data in the channel list is updated in
any case provided the channel is not flagged as “don't update
automatically” (see below). Streams are dynamically added to TS
recordings in any case if the auto-update function detects that one of
the initial PIDs is wrong. Please note that streams cannot be
dynamically added or corrected in ongoing MPG and pure audio (e. g. MP2)
recordings. They require a restart resp. the auto-split option for
being corrected.
Added: Channel Editor: “Don't
update automatically” checkbox on the channel data page. It declares a
channel as “solely handled manually” and prevents all auto-update and
auto-correction, including updates by a channel search, auto-split of
recordings on channel data change or adding audio tracks that are not
present in the channel list when recording.
“Don't
update automatically” may be useful for keeping manual corrections if
wrong channel data is broadcasted in service information tables, e.
g. causing EPG data not to be assigned to a channel or
similar issues. It can also be set / reset per category if a folder is
selected. In this case it applies to all contained channels. However, only use this checkbox if inevitable because of the functional restrictions.
Fix: Channel List: Jumbled numbering after performing import, channel search and other functions.
Change: Channel List: The
Hide Submenu items in the context menu have been moved to the Filter
Submenu and renamed, so that all items are conforming to a “Only ***
Channels” scheme.
Change: Channel List: In
“Only show favorites” filter mode the channel list now shows the
favorites with their original structure and numbering, not as reduced
channel list anymore. This applies to all channel list representations
in the UI except the channel editor.
Added: Channel List: “Only Channels with H.264/265” filter option in the context menu.
Change: Favorites: The
tweak “Favorites based OSD navigation” (see Tweaker.exe) now also swaps
the meaning of the number actions, so that Channel0...Channel9 are used
for favorite number input and Fav0...Fav9 for channel number input.
Added: Channel Numbering: The “One based favorites numbering” tweak (see Tweaker.exe) now also applies to channel numbering. Please note that
the one-based numbering is now switched on by default on new
installations resp. installations without keeping the settings.
Added: Channel Numbering: A leading asterisk (*) now indicates that a number displayed in the main window is a favorite number, not a channel number.
Change: Channel List: If
there is no channel list (channels.dat) in the configuration directory
or if it is empty the default channel list containing channels from the
main European satellite positions is only loaded from the installation
directory if a DVB-S device is available.
Change: Channel List: If
f there is no channel list (channels.dat) in the configuration
directory or if it is empty or if the default channel list has been
loaded, DVBViewer automatically opens the Channel Editor after being
launched, provided DVB devices are available. The Editor shows the
Reception Settings page, allowing to select a reception type, to
configure it and to perform a channel search.
Main Window / OSD / D3D / MadVR
Added: DirectX Options / MadVR: Checkbox
“Low Latency OSD Mode”. Lets the OSD respond faster if MadVR is used as
video renderer, but may cause video to become less fluid while the OSD
is active.
Added: MadVR: Tweak
“Use extended OSD capabilities of recent MadVR versions” (see
Tweaker.exe). Lets DVBViewer use the capability of recent MadVR versions
to output the OSD in stop/pause resp. still picture mode, thus enabling
visual seeking and fast forward/rewind. The default setting is off (for
now). Please note: Only use this tweak with MadVR version 0.90.10 or later!
Added: Mouse Options: The
Input → Mouse Options contain a new “Ctrl + Mouse Wheel” section. It
specifies which function is executed if the mouse wheel is used in the
Main Window while the Ctrl key is pressed. Additionally there are two
new checkboxes allowing to use the mouse wheel for brightness and
contrast adjustment.
Change: Mouse Options: The options for the function of the middle mouse button in the OSD have been moved from Input → Mouse to OSD General.
Added: OSD: The
OSD temporarily shows percent values that have been changed by the
actions for brightness up/down, contrast up/down etc. and the zoom /
stretch actions. This also applies to the mouse wheel (see above).
Added: Mouse Wheel: Channel
selection with the mouse wheel now uses the Options → TV/Radio →
Channel plus/minus switching delay, so that the Mini EPG can display the
channel / favorite that will be selected in advance, provided Options →
EPG → Show EPG Info on channel change is switched on.
Fix Mouse Wheel: Mouse
wheel messages were processed more than once by the DVBViewer main
window under Windows 10 with “scroll inactive windows” configuration,
causing the mouse wheel to appear “hypersensitive”.
Fix: General: Windows did not dock gaplessly to the desktop edges or other windows under Windows 10. Please note: This
issue cannot be avoided completely since it is caused by the Windows 10
design resp. theme. The visible window dimensions are smaller than the
dimensions reported by the Windows API.
Change/Fix: OSD Mosaic Preview: The middle mouse button now executes as intended the “OSD Back” command in the Mosaic Preview, thus closing it.
Fix: UPNP OSD Window: The list was not updated when UPnP servers were added or removed in the network.
Fix: Mini EPG: On
channel plus/minus the MiniEPG temporarily displayed the wrong channel
if the tweak “Favorites based OSD-Navigation” was active (channel
numbers were mistaken as favorite numbers).
Fix: Audio Settings: The checkmark in the Settings → Audio Channel submenu was not updated correctly after a change.
Fix: Visualizations: Visualizations did not work in case of floating point audio decoder output.
Recording / Recording Service / Hardware / Plug-ins
Fix: Recorder: Channels with MPEG video and AC3 or AAC audio were recorded as TS, though MPG was selected as output format.
Change: Recorder / Timeshift Options: The default value for the minimum free disk space has been increased to 300 MB (takes effect on new installations).
Changed: Recording Service Wizard: The
handling has been simplified by removing some special settings, that
are still available on Options → Hardware and Options → Recording
Service, however. After wizard completion the last channel is retuned.
Fix: Recording Service Usage: Under
certain circumstances (particularly non-latin character sets) an
insufficient character coding could cause garbled descriptions after
editing timers and sending them to the Recording Service.
Added: Logging: Logging of DVB device removal in the DVBViewer.log (in debug mode) and the recording log (if an ongoing recording is affected).
Change: RTSP Device: The
RTSP Network Device (for Sat>IP) now closes and re-opens the
session on tuning if the RTSP server delivered no data within the last
two seconds. This allows manual retuning after the network connection
has been interrupted.
Change:
Plug-ins: The
DVBViewer setup does not allow plug-ins anymore to write to the Plugins
Directory. Plug-ins should read the configuration directory path from
the file UserMode.ini in order to save their data.
Please note: If
you are still using old / out-dated plug-ins it may be necessary to
adjust the access rights for the Plugins Directory manually after the
DVBViewer 5.6 installation.
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