Hide virtual channel guide data

Channels DVR Server Feature Requests
#1

I've got a feature request but I may have trouble explaining it!

Almost all my virtual channels are movies and tv shows. But I have one channel that is more... informational? Think along the lines of the channel that hotels have on their TVs that show you all the resort amenities.

My feature request is a toggle for individual virtual channels that allows you to disable the guide for that channel basically. Obviously it does still show up in the guide so you can tune to it, but no program info is shown.

In my use case, none of these videos are meant to be tuned to individually, they're fairly short so you can't read the name of the program in the guide anyway, and they repeat very frequently.

Here's basically what it looks like now and then a mockup of what I'm thinking:

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I'm sure this will be something most people would never need, but thought I'd throw the idea out there anyway as an idea for down the road.

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#2

Yeah, I've got some Virtual Channels like this too. Music videos, old commericals, favorite trailers, collections of clips, some YT downloads, and a few other things. We love having them, leave them on in the background all the time, but have to admit they really make the guide look UGLY. Indeed this would be a very nice option for Virtual Channel users with similar ones.

Thanks for suggesting it. :+1:

#3

Good idea. Voted. :slight_smile:

#4

I thought this was going to be to an idea limited to a small subset of use cases, but you never know all the surprising ways people are using this app!