How to Push Guide Changes to all clients

Channels DVR Server
#1

I have 9 TVs, so going around to all of them to hit Import in Sync Favorite/Hidden for each Source is getting old. Is there a way to just push changes to all of the guides in all of the sources down to all of the clients at once?

Trying to create a channels collection for Favorites which sync to all clients
#2

Perhaps you're looking for Channel Collections:

#3

Isn't "All Channels" a collection? It's the only one I make available, and I still have to do an Import on every client when I make a change on the server. Maybe I'm missing something.

#4

No, that's simply all of the channels. The preferred method for synchronizing lists of channels is through channel collections.

Otherwise, each client maintains its own separate list of favorite/disabled channels. Channel collections are the prescribed method for ensuring your channels are kept in sync across clients.

(Edit: dastardly typos)

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#5

I was going to play with this. I created a collection called Everything and was going to add every channel, but I don't have 3 weeks to add all 1000+ channels to the collection one at a time...LOL

#6

The import button on syncs favorite and hidden flags. It has nothing to do with guide data.

What exactly are you noticing is happening beige and after you click Import

#7

There’s no reason to add all your channels to a collection, the app provides a filter for All Channels automatically.

#8

When I unhide a channel in my line up on the server, I need to go around to all of the clients and do an import of that source in order for it to appear. This also happens when I hide a channel on the server, I need to go around to all of the clients and do an import for it to go away. All I use it "All Channels", I keep no other collections available. I've been playing around with this for a while now, but I can't get it to be automatic.

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#9

Have you tried force closing the app on the client? What about clearing the app's cache?

#10

I have not tried that, but I might as well hit import if I have to go through all of that with every client.

#11

Gotcha. It sounds like you find yourself hiding and unhiding channels very often?

#12

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

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#13

LOL ... thank you ... typed too fast, and autocorrect doesn't apply to actual words.

#14

The HDHR tuners are constantly (every couple of days) finding new channels that don't work, or I don't want, and I have to go hide them. Hiding them on the HDHRs themselves does nothing in Channels for some reason.

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