The initial channel is now stored by the channel ID in the setup.conf file

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -1028,6 +1028,8 @@ Marc Rovira Vall <tm05462@salleURL.edu>, Ramon Roca <ramon.roca@xcombo.com> and
 Lars Bläser <LBlaeser@hofheim.de>
  for reporting a bug in EPG bugfix statistics which made log entries for undefined
  channels
+ for reporting a problem with the initial channel in case channels are reordered or
+ deleted
 
 Niko Tarnanen <niko.tarnanen@hut.fi>
  for translating OSD texts to the Finnish language

HISTORY

@@ -6607,7 +6607,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Avoiding an unecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() (thanks to Reinhard
   Nissl).
 
-2011-06-12: Version 1.7.19
+2011-06-13: Version 1.7.19
 
 - Fixed cString's operator=(const char *String) in case the given string is the
   same as the existing one (thanks to Dirk Leber).
@@ -6644,3 +6644,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   that new value is not the default value (thanks to Derek Kelly for reporting a
   problem with the fps value being overwritten in case a recording was interrupted
   and resumed, and the fps value could not be determined after resuming recording).
+- The initial channel is now stored by the channel ID in the setup.conf file, in
+  order to avoid problems in case channels are reordered or deleted (reported by
+  Lars Bläser).

MANUAL

@@ -885,8 +885,8 @@ Version 1.6
                          key. Note that the total maximum is also limited by
                          the "OSD/Channel info time" parameter.
 
-  Initial channel = 0    The number of the channel that shall be tuned to when
+  Initial channel =      The channel ID of the channel that shall be tuned to when
-                         VDR starts. Default is 0, which means that it will
+                         VDR starts. Default is empty, which means that it will
                          tune to the channel that was on before VDR was stopped.
 
   Initial volume = -1    The volume that shall be set when VDR starts. Default

config.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.c 2.13 2010/06/06 10:06:43 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.c 2.14 2011/06/13 14:41:01 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ cSetup::cSetup(void)
   CurrentChannel = -1;
   CurrentVolume = MAXVOLUME;
   CurrentDolby = 0;
-  InitialChannel = 0;
+  // InitialChannel is initialized by constructor
   InitialVolume = -1;
   ChannelsWrap = 0;
   EmergencyExit = 1;
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ cSetup::cSetup(void)
 cSetup& cSetup::operator= (const cSetup &s)
 {
   memcpy(&__BeginData__, &s.__BeginData__, (char *)&s.__EndData__ - (char *)&s.__BeginData__);
+  InitialChannel = s.InitialChannel;
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ bool cSetup::Parse(const char *Name, const char *Value)
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "CurrentChannel"))      CurrentChannel     = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "CurrentVolume"))       CurrentVolume      = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "CurrentDolby"))        CurrentDolby       = atoi(Value);
-  else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "InitialChannel"))      InitialChannel     = atoi(Value);
+  else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "InitialChannel"))      InitialChannel     = Value;
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "InitialVolume"))       InitialVolume      = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "ChannelsWrap"))        ChannelsWrap       = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "EmergencyExit"))       EmergencyExit      = atoi(Value);

config.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 2.31 2011/05/15 11:46:30 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 2.32 2011/06/13 14:24:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ public:
   int CurrentChannel;
   int CurrentVolume;
   int CurrentDolby;
-  int InitialChannel;
   int InitialVolume;
   int ChannelsWrap;
   int EmergencyExit;
   int __EndData__;
+  cString InitialChannel;
   cSetup(void);
   cSetup& operator= (const cSetup &s);
   bool Load(const char *FileName);

menuitems.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menuitems.c 2.8 2010/12/12 13:41:09 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menuitems.c 2.9 2011/06/13 14:48:41 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menuitems.h"
@@ -713,7 +713,19 @@ void cMenuEditStraItem::Set(void)
 cMenuEditChanItem::cMenuEditChanItem(const char *Name, int *Value, const char *NoneString)
 :cMenuEditIntItem(Name, Value, NoneString ? 0 : 1, Channels.MaxNumber())
 {
+  channelID = NULL;
   noneString = NoneString;
+  dummyValue = 0;
+  Set();
+}
+
+cMenuEditChanItem::cMenuEditChanItem(const char *Name, cString *ChannelID, const char *NoneString)
+:cMenuEditIntItem(Name, &dummyValue, NoneString ? 0 : 1, Channels.MaxNumber())
+{
+  channelID = ChannelID;
+  noneString = NoneString;
+  cChannel *channel = Channels.GetByChannelID(tChannelID::FromString(*ChannelID));
+  dummyValue = channel ? channel->Number() : 0;
   Set();
 }
 
@@ -744,6 +756,8 @@ eOSState cMenuEditChanItem::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
                       *value = channel->Number();
                    else if (delta < 0 && noneString)
                       *value = 0;
+                   if (channelID)
+                      *channelID = channel ? channel->GetChannelID().ToString() : "";
                    Set();
                  }
                  break;

menuitems.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menuitems.h 2.4 2010/06/06 10:32:38 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menuitems.h 2.5 2011/06/13 13:46:03 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __MENUITEMS_H
@@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ public:
 class cMenuEditChanItem : public cMenuEditIntItem {
 protected:
   const char *noneString;
+  int dummyValue;
+  cString *channelID;
   virtual void Set(void);
 public:
   cMenuEditChanItem(const char *Name, int *Value, const char *NoneString = NULL);
+  cMenuEditChanItem(const char *Name, cString *ChannelID, const char *NoneString = NULL);
   virtual eOSState ProcessKey(eKeys Key);
   };
 

vdr.c

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 2.20 2010/12/12 13:42:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 2.21 2011/06/13 14:40:12 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -704,8 +704,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   if (!cDevice::WaitForAllDevicesReady(DEVICEREADYTIMEOUT))
      dsyslog("not all devices ready after %d seconds", DEVICEREADYTIMEOUT);
-  if (Setup.InitialChannel > 0)
+  if (isnumber(Setup.InitialChannel)) { // for compatibility with old setup.conf files
-     Setup.CurrentChannel = Setup.InitialChannel;
+     if (cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByNumber(atoi(Setup.InitialChannel)))
+        Setup.InitialChannel = Channel->GetChannelID().ToString();
+     }
+  if (cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByChannelID(tChannelID::FromString(Setup.InitialChannel)))
+     Setup.CurrentChannel = Channel->Number();
   if (Setup.InitialVolume >= 0)
      Setup.CurrentVolume = Setup.InitialVolume;
   Channels.SwitchTo(Setup.CurrentChannel);