[mythtv-users] Can't Get Channel Icons Into Program Guide

moodyjunk at frontiernet.net moodyjunk at frontiernet.net
Mon Jan 29 20:03:31 UTC 2007


>> Your icon files should be stored in:   
>> /home/<username>/.mythtv/channels/ (i.e.   
>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels
>>
>> Once we know how many are actually in that folder we can go from there.
>>
>> -------
>> Josh
>
>
> Thanks for your suggests.  Here is the procedure I'm using:
>
> I generate the iconmap.xml file via mkiconmap.pl using my zipcode
> (12540) and my cable provider  Comcast - Cable ( Carmel )
>      cd ~
>      perl /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.20/contrib/mkiconmap.pl
>
> Then, I clear any icons already in the database and erase any files in
> ~/.mythtv/channels
>      mythfilldatabase --reset-icon-map all
> and confirm that the 2 icons already in the EPG are indeed removed.
>
> Lastly, I refill the database
>      mythfilldatabase --import-icon-map iconmap.xml --update-icon-map
> and notice that 2 icons are indeed downloaded into
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels  and do now appear in the Programming
> Guide.
>
> I tried downloading the icons manually from
> http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us.html into ~/.mythtv/channels,
> renamed the filenames to match those in the generated iconmap.xml, but
> they still don't seem to get into the EPG.
>
> I assume the <network> tag is used by the database to associate the
> filename in the <url> tag with the channel.
>                 <network>dni_WABC</network>
>                 <url>[dni_zap2it]/abc_affiliate.jpg</url>
> Even when I manually rename a file to
> ~/.mythtv/channels/abc_affiliate.jpg, it doesn't make it into the
> database.  Perhaps the database doesn't recognize the dni_WABC value?
>
> Any suggestions on where I can find some good doc on the format of the
> mkiconmap.pl output?


Through some trial and error I found the problem.  The callsign for  
each channel was not setup in mythtv-setup to match that which zap2it  
was reporting, hence the association was never made.  Here's how I  
made it work (all from mythtv userid):

* In "mythtv-setup", change each channel's callsign to be the same as  
zap2it reports (see your lineup page in zap2it).  This is also in the  
generated iconmap.xml at the <callsign> tags.
* Run "mythfilldatabase --reset-icon-map all" to clear any current  
icon associations (if any).
* Repopulate the database via "mythfilldatabase --import-icon-map  
iconmap.xml --update-icon-map".  This will download new icons from  
zap2it to and add them to .mythtv/channels directory and import them  
into the database.

Your Program Guide should now have all the icons.



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