How to remove section markers from FTA list?

[Huevos]

Doing what PJ suggested would never make your box lock up or need a reflash.

Just send the xml to the box and scan. No restart needed.

[LeeC22]

It probably didn't need a reflash, it's just that sometimes, when I get stressed, it's easier to just go back to a place where things worked and then try again at a later date.

I've got to sort some other channel settings out on my motorised dish, so I'll leave it a day or so, and then try and sort both out at the same time. I appreciate the help though, so a genuine thank you for that.

[abu baniaz]

Always a good idea to backup files before editing.

[judge]

It probably didn't need a reflash, it's just that sometimes, when I get stressed, it's easier to just go back to a place where things worked and then try again at a later date.

It didn't need a flash, just another look at the file edited.
Probably just missing a <, >," or / somewhere...
Sometimes easier to flash though if the mistake isn't obvious.
Using an editor with syntax colour highlighting helps to find where a mistake is made.

[LeeC22]

Always a good idea to backup files before editing.

I always do, that's how I was able to send the original file back over.

It didn't need a flash, just another look at the file edited.
Probably just missing a <, >," or / somewhere...
Sometimes easier to flash though if the mistake isn't obvious.
Using an editor with syntax colour highlighting helps to find where a mistake is made.

What caused me to reflash, was that I sent the original xml file back over but it just refused to scan properly. It still just had the single section marker but no channels. When I did a gui restart, the box got stuck at the spinning logo... so it seemed like the best option was to start over. Saves me throwing the remote at something when I break something else by trying to fix things.

I always use Notepad++, I read and write xml files with my own programmes, so Notepad++ is always on my system.

[judge]

What caused me to reflash, was that I sent the original xml file back over but it just refused to scan properly. It still just had the single section marker but no channels.

The original file wouldn't do this, are you sure it was the original file & not the edited file you used?

When I did a gui restart, the box got stuck at the spinning logo... so it seemed like the best option was to start over. Saves me throwing the remote at something when I break something else by trying to fix things.

In this case, E2 crash logs are more than likely produced, in /home/root/logs/ by default & should give you a good idea to the error made.
Anyway, glad you've sorted your issue.
Due to the excellent work done by Huevos & some others, if you read the readme file included in ABM, it should help you with all sorts of custom channel lists.

[abu baniaz]

Might be an idea upload the original file and the edited file for somoene to have a look.

[LeeC22]

The original file wouldn't do this, are you sure it was the original file & not the edited file you used?

I Ftp'd back into the box and viewed the file, and it had all the sections back. It made me wonder if it was using a cached version somehow, which is why I did the restart.

I don't fully understand how the file system works on E2 boxes. I am so used to computers that my brain automatically thinks *hard drive* and *caches*... a bit like when you make a website change but you still get the previous cached version in your browser sometimes. So my natural instinct was *clear the cache*, let it load the actual file on disk (or in whichever bit of storage it is using). But in reality, I have no idea whether anything does actually get cached in this way...

Abu, I don't have the edited file now, but all I did, was change the <sections> section, to this:

	<sections>
		<section number="101">All Channels</section>
		<section number="1050">Not indexed</section>
	</sections>

I left the *Not Indexed* section in, as I had never seen that before, and thought it might be a fallback section, for channels that don't get picked up by other section markers.

I'll give it another go after the weekend. I have a fair few recordings that happen over the weekend, so I'll wait for a quiet time in the schedule to have another try with it.