2010/1/5 Lars Bläser <lblaeser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Theunis Potgieter wrote: > ... >>> There is an object of cChannel for each channel, and they are stored in >>> a list. You can either patch VDR to modify cChannel::Name() so that it >>> takes the original name as an index into some database of yours, or >>> modify the names in your channels.conf and set "Setup/DVB/Update channels" >>> to "PIDs only". >>> >>> Just curious: what's wrong with the original names? >> >> The long names and the short names are the same. Asking my broadcaster >> to fix it would achieve the same results as if you would be talking to >> a brick wall :) > > to prevent patching of vdr > how about creating a kind of favorite channel plugin that has its own > "namelist" which refers to the unique channel "markers" (like in > timers.conf) > maybe similar to that > http://famillejacques.free.fr/vdr/prefermenu/ > > beside the fact that you have you chosen name for the channel it reduces > the channel list to what you need Thanks for your idea, but it does not suite my needs. The idea of mine is so that any plugin/vdr function that calls on channel information should see my version of the long name. e.g. vdr-streamdev, vdr-xine, vdr-xineliboutput, vdr-wapd etc. > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr