[mythtv-users] Channel Icons

[Bill Meek]

On 06/05/2015 03:03 PM, Jay Foster wrote:
>>
> 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.

Can't argue with success.  But I think you're setting yourself up for a
failure.

When you add your next channel (possibly months from now) if done as
<myuser>, then the built-in storage group will be:

     /home/<myuser>/.mythtv/channels.

And the filename, not the full path will be stored in channel.icon.

The backend (which retrieves the icons) is usually running as user
mythtv and will look for ~mythtv/.mythtv/channels/someNewIcon.jpg.
But it won't be there.

If the new channel (and icon) are added by user mythtv, then it
will work as designed.

-- 
Bill