Channel names containing commas are now handled correctly in channels.conf

HISTORY

@@ -6197,7 +6197,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed the default value for "Pause key handling" in the MANUAL (reported by
   Diego Pierotto).
 
-2009-12-23: Version 1.7.11
+2009-12-24: Version 1.7.11
 
 - Fixed resetting the file size when regenerating the index file.
 - The new function cDevice::PatPmtParser() can be used in derived devices to access
@@ -6222,4 +6222,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated sources.conf (thanks to Derek Kelly).
 - Modified cCharSetConv so that it can be used to convert from "whatever VDR uses"
   to a given code (thanks to Joachim Wilke).
-
+- Channel names containing commas are now handled correctly in channels.conf.
+  If a channel's short name contains a comma, it is replaced with a '.'.

channels.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: channels.c 2.9 2009/12/05 15:28:32 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: channels.c 2.10 2009/12/23 15:56:03 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "channels.h"
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@ cString cChannel::ToText(const cChannel *Channel)
   q += sprintf(q, "%s", Channel->name);
   if (!isempty(Channel->shortName))
      q += sprintf(q, ",%s", Channel->shortName);
+  else if (strchr(Channel->name, ','))
+     q += sprintf(q, ",");
   if (!isempty(Channel->provider))
      q += sprintf(q, ";%s", Channel->provider);
   *q = 0;
@@ -901,7 +903,7 @@ bool cChannel::Parse(const char *s)
            *p++ = 0;
            provider = strcpyrealloc(provider, p);
            }
-        p = strchr(namebuf, ',');
+        p = strrchr(namebuf, ','); // long name might contain a ',', so search for the rightmost one
         if (p) {
            *p++ = 0;
            shortName = strcpyrealloc(shortName, p);

sdt.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: sdt.c 2.3 2009/12/13 11:54:33 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: sdt.c 2.4 2009/12/23 16:02:47 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "sdt.h"
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ void cSdtFilter::Process(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, const u_char *Data, int Length
                               strcpy(ShortNameBuf, skipspace(p));
                               }
                            }
+                        // Avoid ',' in short name (would cause trouble in channels.conf):
+                        for (char *p = ShortNameBuf; *p; p++) {
+                            if (*p == ',')
+                               *p = '.';
+                            }
                         sd->providerName.getText(ProviderNameBuf, sizeof(ProviderNameBuf));
                         char *pp = compactspace(ProviderNameBuf);
                         if (channel) {

vdr.5

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.7 2009/10/18 14:09:07 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.8 2009/12/24 10:47:38 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 5 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
 .SH NAME
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ as in
 
 \fBRTL Television,RTL:...\fR
 
+If the short name itself would contain a comma, it is replaced with a '.'.
+Note that some long channel names may contain a comma, so the delimiting comma
+is always the rightmost one.
+
 If present, the name of the service provider or "bouquet" is appended
 to the channel name, separated by a semicolon, as in