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About ChanSort
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ChanSort is a Windows application that allows you to reorder your TV's channel
list.
Most modern TVs can transfer channel lists via USB stick, which you can plug into
your PC.
ChanSort supports various file formats from **Philips** (new), **Sony** (new),
**ITT, Medion, Nabo, ok., PEAQ, Schaub-Lorenz, Silva-Schneider, Telefunken** (new),

Hisense, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Toshiba and the Linux VDR project.


Features
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- Reorder channels (change numbers directly, move up/down, drag&drop, double-click)
- Use another channel list as a reference to apply the same ordering
- Multi-selection for editing multiple channels at once
- Side-by-side view of new/sorted list and original/complete list (similar to
playlist and library)
- Rename or delete channels
- Manage favorites, parental lock, channel skipping (when zapping), channel hiding
- User interface in English, German and partially in Turkish and Portuguese
- Unicode character support for channel names (Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, ...)

Some features may not be available on all TV models and channel types (analog,
digital, sat, cable, ...)

! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !

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Most of this software was written without support from TV manufacturers or access
to any official
documentation about the file formats. It is solely based on analysing existing data
files, trial and error.
There is a chance of unwanted side-effects or even damage to your TV, as reported
in 2 cases.

Hisense is the only manufacturer who provided technical information and a test
device.

System requirements
-------------------
- [Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (Full)](http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=17851):
included in Win8, required for Win7, Vista and XP SP3
- [Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)]
(http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328):
required to edit SQLite lists (Hisense, Panasonic, Toshiba and Samsung .zip
format)
- USB stick/SD-card to transfer the channel list between your TV and PC (FAT32 file
system recommended)
- Some LG models require a special service remote control to access the
import/export functions (see Wiki for details)

Supported TV models
-------------------

**Hisense**
2016 "Smart" models with a channel.db file, i.e. H65M5500
2017 models with a servicelist.db file
Special thanks to Hisense for supporting ChanSort with technical information and a
test device!

**Samsung**
.scm files: B (2009)*, B (2013), C, D, E, F, H series
.zip files: H, J, K, M series
Lists: Air analog, Air digital, Cable analog, Cable digital,
Cable Prime, Sat digital, Astra HD+, Freesat, TivuSat,
Canal Digital Sat, Digital+, Cyfra+

\*: The "clone.bin" format is not supported. In the "*.scm" format

the "Air Analog"-list of the 2009 B-series doesn't support all
editing features due to a lack of test files. If you have such a file,
please send it to me.

Instructions for transferring the channel list can be found on:

https://github.com/PredatH0r/ChanSort/wiki/Samsung

**LG**
Series: CS, DM, LA, LB\*, LD, LE, LF, LH, LK, LM+, LN, LP#, LS, LT, LV, LW, LX, PM,
PN, PT, UB\*
and all newer models using the GlobalClone.TLL format
Lists: Analog TV, DTV (DVB-C, DVB-T), Radio (DVB-C/T), Sat-DTV (DVB-S2), Sat-Radio
(DVB-S2)

\*: Some devices behave erroneously due to firmware issues.

+: See system requirements for LM-series. xxLM640T is not supported due to its
firmware limitations.
\#: Only satellite channels supported.

Other models might also work, but have not been tested. If you have a .TLL file of
a series not listed here, please send it to me.

Instructions on how to access the hidden service-menu for transferring

the channel list from/to USB can be found in the Wiki.

**Panasonic**
Viera models with an svl.bin or svl.db channel list (most models since 2011)

**Sony**
Android-TVs "sdb.xml" files using formats "FormateVer" 1.1.0 and "FormatVer" 1.0.0,
1.1.0 and 1.2.0

**Toshiba**
Models that export a .zip file containing chmgt.db, dvbSysData.db and
dvbMainData.db files.
(e.g. RL, SL, TL, UL, VL, WL, XL, YL models of series 8xx/9xx)
**ITT, Medion, Nabo, ok., PEAQ, Schaub-Lorenz, Silva-Schneider, Telefunken**
These brands use .sdx files (currently only satellite lists are supported)

**Philips**
Philips uses countless incompatible file formats for various TV models.
ChanSort currently supports 2 different versions of .xml files, other formats are
not supported.

**VDR (Linux Video Disk Recorder)**

Supports the channels.conf file format.
Implementation for this was provided by TCr82 from the VDR project.

License (GPLv3)
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GNU General Public Licence, Version 3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Source code is available on https://github.com/PredatH0r/ChanSort

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR

OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.