[mythtv-users] Channel Icons

[Jay Foster]

On 06/05/2015 12:20 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 06/05/2015 01:48 PM, Jay Foster wrote:
>> No joy.  I looked at the wiki and added the symlink (ln -s 
>> /home/myuser/.mythtv/channels /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels).  I 
>> restarted the
>> frontend and backend, but still no channel icons in the frontend.  
>> They show up fine in mythweb.  Are they suppose to show up in the 
>> frontend?
>
> Here's a couple of tools to see if things are OK:
>
> From SQL:
>
>     SELECT chanid,callsign,icon FROM channel ORDER BY chanid;
>
> Expect to see the filenames of the icons, not full paths.
>
> From a browser:
>
>     <yourBackend>:6544/Guide/GetChannelIcon?ChanId=1051
>
> Expect to see an icon displayed.
>
> The icons don't need to be copied to any frontends.
>
The SQL statement shows full path names for the channel icon files.

The HTTP command shows a blank screen.

Jay