[feature request] numeric input of channel numbers up to 6 digits

[enerdude]

Ok so my situation is as follows:

I have iptv channels in the range 100 - 5000
So I have been compiling backups for these and the easiest / quickest way for me to jump from a non working channel to a backup is to add two zeros (00) to the channel nr.
I use tvg-chno="xxxxxx" in the #EXTINF line to have manual control over the numbering

Lets say for instance I have 2 backups for channel 999, backups would be on 99900 and 99901
But when I have a higher channel number e.g. 4000, backups would be on 400000 and 400001, but iptv simple client stops reacting to input after 99999 (5 digits)
The alternate (longer way) would be to filter by channel name by bringing up the side menu in kodi and using 'filter' to filter on the channel name e.g. bbc1 would bring up bbc1, bbc1 backup 1, bbc1 backup 2, but this is not really an option for me as it is too long winded.

I am running latest Kodi 22 Alpha 1 and pvr.iptvsimple 22.5.1
Thanks in advance

[phunkyfish]

Are you just that upper limit is iptvsimple, or is that number a max channel number for PVR in kodi?

If it is iptvsimple its easy to change.

[ksooo]

The limit of 5 digits comes from PVR core implementation.

[enerdude]

The limit of 5 digits comes from PVR core implementation.

So would it be possible to increase it to at least 6 digits?
Using tvg-chno="xxxxxx" actually numbers it correctly, it is just entering six digits or more that does not work

Edit:
Should I open an issue here:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues ?