Static channel with wildcard naming

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. There are is a group of channels (PPV) whereby part of the channel name changes on a regular (daily basis) So day one it may be PPV1: Swimming championships PPV2: Knitting live fron granny house etc etc

So I add a filter, group = PPV and then in mapping, I set channel numbers and map a dummy xteve file to the channels

Then on day 2 it's changed PPV1: Championship mowing PPV2: Hot air ballooning world championships

When xteve does its' daily import, because the channel name is different, it loses its channel number and mapping (as it thinks it is a new channel) and because it has no XMLTV file associated with it, it then wouldn't be seen in NextPVR and Kodi etc..

Describe the solution you'd like Is it possible that when you click on a channel in the mapping section to be able to have additional checkbox and input line under "channel description". Tickbox saying "Allow wildcard?" And the input line saying "Channel Wildcard"

So I could click on channel 3001 where the channel name currently reads PPV1: Swimming championships Select allow wildcard in in channel wildcard, enter "PPV1: *" Meaning that he next day, when xteve updates and the imported channel name is now PPV1: Championship mowing It will still know to assign it the channel 3001 amd use the XMLTV File: xTeVe Dummy and the XMLTV Channel 30 Minutes

There may be a way to already do this? but if there is... I do not know what it is :(

EDIT: As a further protection against it incorrectly naming other channels that may start PPV1 in.. it will also use the "group" that it is assigned to as another check... so will only match PPV1: * to 3001 if it's in the PPV group.