Add Channel Groups as configured in the Rec Service

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RS 1.24.0.0
DVBViewerController Alpha7

There should be an option to present the channel list using the groups, defined 
in the Rec Service. This will ease up the browsing for big lists ... even 
average ones with a hundred or so channels will benefit too.
It would be useful to have an option to turn this grouping off as some users 
can be used to the current "pure list" state.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dimitar....@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2013 at 5:54

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Started and works nicely so far :-)

Original comment by TheRa...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2013 at 11:14

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:)
Great
Looking forward for the next test version.
How do you plan to distribute it? Via Play store or here in the download 
section?

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2013 at 1:32

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If you are a betatester it will be automatically provided via Play Store when i 
release a new betaversion.
But there is still some work todo to make it bulletproof for the enduser ;-)

Original comment by TheRa...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2013 at 2:05

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yes,
I've joined the betatester program right away when you closed the other two 
issues that I reported.
I'll wait for the new beta release then
:)

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2013 at 4:37

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Good news everyone ;-)
After a lot of bugfixing i had some time to work on this issue :-)
There were some weird issues which took longer to iron out than i thought
Here is a preview Version, its !NOT WORKING ON TABLETS! but for phones its 
really nice.

Feedback is welcome ;-)

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2013 at 7:03

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• test.apk

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It's been a while since I've been here but today I managed to test the new 
version and I must say I really like the way the categories look and feel.
I did have a problem with the actual streaming of the channels in all 
categories except the first one. They either didn't play at all or repeatedly 
played the wrong channel. And by "didn't play" I mean two things - it either 
starts the associated player (MX Player in my case) but doesn't show any 
picture or doesn't do anything when I press the "stream" item - it doesn't even 
show the direct / transcoded stream window.
At the same all channels play just fine with the old version.
I've tried re-synchronizing the channels but this didn't help.
Can I do something to help you fix/debug this? I think I might be able to give 
you direct access to my recording service but we'll have to negotiate this 
privately.

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 10 Nov 2013 at 9:26

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Try this more advanced version, I guess this works better ;-)

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 10 Nov 2013 at 9:32

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• 1.1_alpha.apk

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This one works with the streaming
:)
but I see three issues:
1. The channel logos are gone (see the attached screenshot)
2. The menu in the channel list window got messed up but it was OK after a 
restart of the app (see the attached screenshot). I've also saw a problem with 
the channel list itself - there were some overlapping text - as if two groups 
where shown at the same time but I wasn't able to take a screenshot of it 
because it repaired itself after going to the main window and back to the 
channel list.
3. The channel list shows up very slow ... as if it's re-synchronizing the list 
every time I access it.

.... on a side note what do you think about adding a small "caption" to the 
stream configuration window to show which channel (number & name) or 
recording/file (filename / event name + channel number&name + date) will get 
streamed

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 10 Nov 2013 at 10:00

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I cant reproduce anything of it, pls try a clean reinstall, this version was 
not intended to be installed as an update.

Channel logos are shown fine for me and the performace is like it was before 
this version....

But this is a preview ;-)

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 9:52

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I already had to do a clean reinstall because it wouldn't install - something 
about a different signature of a package with the same name ...
I did try to reinstall it once more time and after I started it and filled in 
the settings it was working ... until I closed the application and ran it 
again. It was back to the slow behavior. This time I noticed a message 
"connection timeout" every time I open the channel list or any of the other 
ones that interact with the service. I verified my settings and they do seem to 
be correct.
Any ideas?

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 10:30

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after some more poking around I found out that if I reconfigure the port of the 
service and change it back to the real one it starts to work .... until I close 
the app ... actually it's not the closing but the "killing" (removing it from 
the running apps in task manager) that's causing the issue.
If I remember correctly there was a fix about something similar in the official 
version, right? 

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 10:37

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if it's of an importance my service is not using the default port (8089) but a 
custom one.

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 10:39

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I guess i messed up the version i provided ;-)

Thought it was the latest version i got running on my phone, but I was wrong ;-)

Again direct from my phone, which is running fine for me ;-)

I think the port problem is fixed, but right now im not sure anymore, cause im 
working on 2 versions in parallel ;-)

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 10:44

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• 1.1_alpha2.apk

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:(
still having the same issue.
after restarting the app it doesn't connect to the service
Are you using the default RS Port?

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 10:55

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Yes there was still an issue with the default port, i thought i fixed that for 
1.1 but i forgot that ;-)

Again a new version, and again i am confident that it works :-D

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 11:08

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• 1.1_alpha3.apk

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:)
Now it's working perfectly.
Is it still not compatible with tablets?

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2013 at 10:00

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Didnt have time yet to make it work for tablets, maybe in the next weeks :-)

Original comment by rainerb...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2013 at 8:56

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its been a while but i finally found and fixed an annoying bug which was 
holding back the implementation of channel groups.

I just have to make it work for tablets and then a version is going into beta 
phase.

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2014 at 12:54

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Glad you are back to this topic.
I'm not sure this is the correct place to report it but there is a bug with the 
test versions - I can't create new recording timers. The UI looks like is 
working but after this there is noting in the rec service ... or in the timers 
list in the app. I can enable/disable/delete timers - only creating new ones 
fails. The official version is working just fine with the same Rec Service so I 
think it's something in alpha versions.

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2014 at 9:38

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Thanks for the info, I will look into this.

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2014 at 9:16