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@@ -1,6 +1,111 @@ VDR Plugin 'block' Revision History ----------------------------------- +2010/11/04: Version 0.1.0 + +New features / Bugfixes: +-Feature: block.conf format and path changed + The blacklist was formerly stored in $VDRCONFIG\plugins. As this is also used by several other plugins + the directory might rapidly become overpopulated. I decided to move the location of block.conf to + $VDRCONFIG/plugins/block. To your convenienve you won't have to move the file manually. It is moved the first + time you start vdr after installing at least version 0.1.0 of the block-plugin. + Please note that during this process the file is also scanned for (case-insensitive) duplicates which will + be sorted out (syslogged as 'WARNINGS') as well as all entries will be marked blacklisted due to the new + blacklist/whitelist feature since version 0.1.0. It doesn't matter if you are upgrading from the taste-plugin + or a former version of the block-plugin, the plugin should choose the right file (if there is one) + automatically. Though the plugin was tested quite a lot, it might be very good idea to create a BACKUP before + you upgrade the block plugin. Nevertheless the plugin itself should create a backup of the old file in + $VDRCONFIG/plugins/block/block.conf.safe-pre0.1.0 automatically. + +-Feature: Whitelist function + The most relevant new feature in this version is probably the possibility not only to blacklist entries in + the plugins list but also to whitelist them! This should make the use of the parental guidance feature much + easier for example. In this context the use of regular expressions, partial patterns, blacklist and whitelist + entries easily results in contradictory rules for a particular entry and made it necessary to implement a new + evaluation pathway. The best thing about this is that you still just have to press De-/Block in the vdr main + menu to make use of the plugin. The changes in the evaluation pathway will be applied automatically in the + background. As i think the usage of the plugin is kept as easy as possible, you could skip the description of + the decision pathway. Nevertheless the following describes happens behind the curtains, if a string is checked + for being acceptable or not: + 1. First all matching entries are collected. + 2. If all rules point to the same condition (blacklisted or whitelisted) this results in returning this particular + condition. + 3. If contradictory rules are detected, the plugin falls back to the value of a new option in the plugins setup + which was implemented exactly for these cases: Fuzzy fallback {black|white}. + 4. The above rules are overridden if there is a case-insensitive exact string match found in the plugins list. + In this case the plugin will just switch the list property of this match from black to white or vice versa + instead of creating a duplicate. In case the string match is only case insensitive the plugin furthermore + switches the ignore case property of the entry. + + To make ultimate use of the plugin (probably makes sense in turn with parental guidance mode and whitelist entries) + you could add a new entry in the plugins list: + [.]* + and set the property Regular Expression to true. This should block every, read carefully, EVERY show on any + channel, except for those being whitelisted. Remember, once Parental Guidance is turned on you are not allowed + to whitelist anything anymore...until you switch it off in vdr's setup file again. Handle with care! + +-Feature: New Setup Option 'Fuzzy Fallback' (see whitelist section above) + +-Feature: Duplicate entries are not allowed anymore! + At the first import of block.conf the plugin will eliminate all duplicates from your old blacklist. However you do + not have to care about duplicates yourself. The plugin should configure everythin automatically. (please also refer + to the block.conf section above) + +-Feature: New key handling in the plugins setup + F4/Blue now changes the black/white attribute of the current entry (see whitelist section above). Please note + that it could take a short time to let the plugin find the right entry internally. This is due to the implementation + of cList in vdr itself. + +-Feature: 'New' jumps to an existing 'New entry' + This comes along with the new prohibition of duplicate entries and should increase convenience. As stated in the + last section, it could take some time to let the plugin find the right place. Again this is due to the implementation + of cList in vdr itself. + +-Feature: Parental Guidance and main menu entry + If Parental Guidance is active it shouldn't be possible to deblock the current show with the main menu entry. + Any attempt to do this is logged in the syslog. + +-Feature: In Parental Guidance mode replay may be blocked + In Parental Guidance mode now also the replay of recorded shows is blocked, if a blacklisted title is + detected. Any attempt to play such a blocked recording also is logged in the syslog. However it is not possible + to block recorded shows directly. You'll have to have a matching list entry by blocking the corresponding show + on Live TV, by manually adding it in the plugins setup or by editing block.conf (vdr restart required). + +-Feature: Consideration of empty or no EPG data + Channels with empty EPG or no EPG at all may also be handled by the plugin now. Use regular expressions + or a blank list entry to deal with such stations. (see regular expression in the whitelist section above for an + example). However if your EPG turns out to be buggy or vdr does not update EPG fast enough, such an entry may cause + unwanted behaviour of the block mechanism in rare cases. + +-Feature: Italian translation added (thanks to Diego Pierotto) + Due to the new features few strings remain untranslated (though i added some...). + If anyone could help out with this or other translations feel free drop me a line. + +-Feature: Added list sorting. + +-Feature: Changes are applied immediately. + The plugin now immediately applies any changes to the block rules, eg in case anything in the list is altered + (and saved) in the plugins setup. + +-Bugfix: In rare cases shows were not blocked. Fixed. + If the current channel had the same blacklisted EPG title as the last channel the current channel was not blocked. + Fixed. Thanks to igel, who again was the only one reporting this bug. + +-Bugfix: Zap direction + The automatical zap direction should now be detected correctly (except it is not possible to determine + which results in direction 'up') + +-Bugfix: Changing the zap direction on block events to 'down' should now work (again). + +-Bugfix: Unwanted behaviour if OSD is open + A very nasty bug emerged if a block event happened on the underlying channel while the user was doing something + in the vdr OSD menus. In fact the plugin triggered a virtual keypress of the Back which in the worst case could + result in an irresponsive main menu. This bug which was caused by the plugins user interface during the display of + the block message is now fixed. The plugin simply switches channels and does not provide a user interface if + the vdr OSD is open. + +-Bugfix: Log message was not ifdef'ed and spammed the syslog on channels with no or empty EPG though LOGGING was off. +************************************************************************** 2010/08/06: Version 0.0.4 New Features: -The main menu entry now not only adds the title of the current |