[mythtv-users] Channel Icons

[Karl Newman]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> On 06/05/2015 12:52 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>
>> On 06/05/2015 02:33 PM, Jay Foster wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>  The SQL statement shows full path names for the channel icon files.
>>>
>>
>> I believe the proper answer is retrieve the icons again (as user mythtv*.)
>> However if someone wanted to change a single icon column to the filename,
>> then the browser command would work for that channel (and for the FE.)
>>
>> *If you choose to retrieve icons as yourself, I don't think the MythTV
>> police will raid you home. And the link solution will work.
>>
>> All programs are accessing the icons via the Services API - the same
>> command as you just used from your browser. The icons are stored
>> relative to the built-in ChannelIcons storage group (which automatically
>> uses ~mythtv/.mythtv/channels.)
>>
>>  I got icons to work in the frontend.  I removed the symlink I created
> (/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels) and recreated the directory
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels.  I then created the directory
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/home/<myuser>/.mythtv with a simlink
> (channels) in it to /home/<myuser>/.mythtv/channels.
>
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/home/<myuser>/.mythtv/channels ->
> /home/<myuser>/.mythtv/channels
>
> This seems to work.
> Jay
>

So really, when the icons were retrieved they were improperly stored with
the full path in the database. Sounds like it could be a mythtv-setup bug.

Karl
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