Add a search function in the Channel List

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It'll be useful to have an option to search the channel list by channel name.
It should be possible to search within the current group and also within the 
full list.
The results should show the channel number, the channel name and hopefully the 
name of the channel group that the channel resides in.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dimitar....@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2014 at 3:56

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Agreed. Please add this function. 

It would be useful. Especially, when one has an unsorted channel list (like 
mine), and the own favourite channels are somewhere in the middle or at the end 
of the (huge) list (of about 400+ channels). For me, and for everyone having 
more than 100 channels inside an old favourite list, which can't be converted 
automatically to DVBVController's (or DVBV's) new format, to use it there, this 
would be a large step forward, and would fix inconeviences. I think maybe it's 
not so hard work to implement.

Besides, many forum members out there recommended to simply sort the channel 
list. Sorting a channel list isn't a solution, because the next channel search 
throws it apart again. Unfortunately, I have to do a search very often, because 
of my cable provider is moving and deleting channels every 2-3 months or so.

Zoli

Original comment by Zoli197...@googlemail.com on 29 May 2014 at 2:49

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This sounds easy, but it is not always as easy as it sounds ;-)

I started this a while ago but the result was not statisfying and I ran into a 
lot of issues.

Next step is the implementation of channel groups, and then we will see ,-)

Original comment by org.dvbv...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2014 at 9:07

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:)
OK
we are patient ... or at least we are trying
;)

Original comment by dimitar....@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2014 at 11:54

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Recently, I took a quick look on the source code. As far as I found out, you're 
generating the channel list using sql queries, right? And there is the 
simplicity directly built-in: You just should make an sql query on a channel 
name which the user can enter into a search input field. That's all in my 
opinion. Do you agree?

Zoli

Original comment by Zoli197...@googlemail.com on 25 Jul 2014 at 9:43

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In theory yes, in practice no :-)
I implemented it this way a while ago, but there were issues with changing the 
data for the channellist.

This might be related to a bug in the google support libraries, and this might 
be fixed in the meantime, but i dont know. There are so many bugs, everytime i 
change this library the workarounds for old bugs causing issues for the fixed 
version and so on....

This is nothing i will implemented quick and dirty.
And defintely after support for chanelgroups...

Original comment by rainerb...@gmail.com on 25 Jul 2014 at 9:51