Enable/Disable source toggle

[racameron]

@dschaper

When you remove a source you cannot re-ad that source identically. You have to change the name to something new.

This is the only issue you have raised that seems to have bearing on the discussion. I have never encountered this, so if this indeed an issue, please specify details.

(As an aside, instead of dismissing my "Why is this feature necessary?" post and asking for clarification, perhaps you can defer to the OP whose thread you hijacked.)

@dschaper

Okay, not sure why you have to have things proven to you, one way or the other.

Because I like to operate with facts, rather than suggestions or beliefs. If the situation within which I am operating has changed, I would like to know what the new situation is. As such, if a scenario that I have taken to be factual is indeed different, then I would like to know. However, I am not simply going to accept someone online saying "X is Y" without any factual proof. If you are saying "X is Y", then give your proof.

[chDVRuser]

+1
Currently I'm disabling all the channels in the source. A source disable would be easier.

I think of it like pausing a pass. Sure you could delete the pass and then recreate it, but it's easier to pause it and then resume it.

[Fofer]

Agreed, yes, this was also requested 11 days ago:

How can I TEMP Disable CUSTOM M3U?

So here is my situation. I have a HD Prime. I have a custom URL mapped from their SD channel to their HD channel via direct URLs. However when I have storms I disconnect the Prime. Leaving the URLs not working. This is all for my mother who is in her 70s. She HAS to have the stations for the lower numbers match to the higher HD counterparts. Up until now I've been putting a "*" or "#" in the M3U code to cause Channels not to read it, thus not put the channels in the guide. When the storms pass a…

It would be a very welcome feature, and there are many legitimate use-cases to warrant the addition. Any "workaround" to achieve the same right now, is cumbersome.

[hish747]

racameron, are you a channels developer? I'm happy to respond with use cases, but want to make sure that I'm aiming them productively
Thanks

[chDVRuser]

There are three developers.
@maddox @tmm1 @eric

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[racameron]

No, I am not a developer. However, I am genuinely curious as to the use case for a server-side toggle for sources that removing/re-adding a source does not currently cover.

I am not saying this feature request has no merit. Instead I am asking for clarification as to why the status quo is not suitable. You are more than welcome to desire the ability to disable sources on demand; I am just curious as to why.

[chDVRuser]

Because we are doing things you never imagined.

@racameron

using the software in ways it was never imagined

[hish747]

Some users, like me, add MANY sources while experimenting with CDVR. It is MUCH more convenient to disable them rather then go through the process of removing and re-adding them. Which among other things may involve tedious hand editing of the m3u file. That should be enough of a reason to establish the utility of having a disable/enable toggle.

That said, ff you are not a developer, you probably shouldn't be publicly challenging the utility of a feature request that another user makes. It's not our job to justify and explain everything to you. Also, your "curiosity" isn't productive but only serves to undermine the potential of a useful feature. If you really are just "curious" you should send the poster a private message instead of undermining the feature request by publicly challenging them on why they are making the request. If an OP doesn't reply to your "curiosity (or lack of imagination), that would by default make the feature request seem less valuable.

[Fofer]

@racameron

However, I am genuinely curious as to the use case for a server-side toggle for sources that removing/re-adding a source does not currently cover.

Custom Channels added via text specifically are a pain to remove and re-add, because then we need to store the text we were using in another app, simply to keep track of it.

If we could leave the Custom Channels set up on Channels DVR and just toggle it off on the server when we want to disable it and toggle it on when we want to re-activate it, it makes overall management a lot easier.

Manually disabling each and every channel in the custom list instead as a workaround is a real drag too.

[hish747]

Thank you!

[racameron]

@Fofer

Custom Channels added via text specifically are a pain to remove and re-add, because then we need to store the text we were using in another app, simply to keep track of it.

If we could leave the Custom Channels set up on Channels DVR and just toggle it off on the server when we want to disable it and toggle it on when we want to re-activate it, it makes overall management a lot easier.

Thank you. I didn't realize it was going to be so difficult to get a response beyond "Because I want it". This is definitely a situation where a server-side toggle makes sense.

@chDVRuser

Because we are doing things you never imagined

Indeed, many users are. Why does it bother you if I want to know what these situations are that I haven't imagined? Perhaps your use case may be something that interests me, too. But if you aren't willing to share what exactly it is that you're doing, then I suppose that's your prerogative.

@hish747

Some users, like me, add MANY sources while experimenting with CDVR. It is MUCH more convenient to disable them rather then go through the process of removing and reading them. Which among other things may involve tedious hand editing of the m3u file. That should be enough of a reason to establish the utility of having a disable/enable toggle.

That is enough of a reason; I never stated otherwise.

@hish747

That said, ff you are not a developer, you probably shouldn't be publicly challenging the utility of a feature request that another user makes. It's not our job to justify and explain everything to you. Also, your "curiosity" isn't productive but only serves to undermine the potential of a useful feature.

I never challenged the utility of the feature, I asked for clarification. And if I had questions, it is quite plausible that others may also have similar questions. Isn't the point of a public community forum to foster discussion amongst the community?

[chDVRuser]

I'm not going to reply to your inaccurate accusations here.
None of what you posted below is correct and it wasn't posed as a question. It was an attack on me.
And I quote

@racameron

No, you have stated you have 4 separate DVR instances constantly recording, and using less-than-authoritative data. Your use case is wildly outside the standard user.

If you truly want support for your fetish of recording everything there are indeed services for that niche. A basic consumer service like Channels is not such provider of your fetish ...

If you truly want to record it all—and need more than you are getting presently—contact Gracenote and the networks directly; but this is not the forum for you.

[hish747]

Didn't you say:
"What are your particular reasons for needing a toggle versus removal? Personally, I fail to see how disable/delete and enable/(add + enter user/pass) is drastically different" <--That would be challenging the utility of the feature.

This forum is for requesting features. What you are doing is implicitly un-requesting a feature.
Please leave it to the devs to ask follow up questions because you don't seem to understand how you are interfering with something potentially useful.

[mjitkop]

Voted.

[rph]

I actually expected a toggle in the UI here given the more than trivial nature of managing sources. Would be handy...

This:

@hish747

users, like me, add MANY sources while experimenting with CDVR. It is MUCH more convenient to disable them rather then go through the process of removing and reading them.

Also:
Useful for turning on/off specific sources for transient users.

Voted.

[cyberskier]

With the current flakiness of TV Everywhere, this would be very helpful — add in a bunch of Stream Links, and then disable them if/when many of us get TV Everywhere working in Channels again (ready to be re-enabled if TV Everywhere flakes out again).

[hancox]

@cyberskier

With the current flakiness of TV Everywhere, this would be very helpful — add in a bunch of Stream Links, and then disable them if/when many of us get TV Everywhere working in Channels again (ready to be re-enabled if TV Everywhere flakes out again).

A perfect use case - please please please

[Jean0987654321]

I just saw this thread and I put my vote in. Hopefully, the developers will add it

[Fofer]

A celebration is in order

DVR Pre-Release Notes

v2024.11.10.2341 • NEW: Sources can be temporarily disabled in the Manage menu

[hish747]

Awesome...thank you developers...now for my next wish on 11/11...please add a confirm on exit button!