[mythtv-users] icons

[James Linder]

> On 14 Jan 2021, at 7:28 pm, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The backend log will have an entry SIMILAR to this:
> 
>   Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> 
> That should reflect how the backend was started and possibly changed
> is MYTHCONFDIR was set (MYTHCONFDIR overrides HOME).
> 
> See if the ChannelIcons Storage Group exists and if so where it
> points. If it doesn't exist then the directory is automatically
> set to ~mythtv/.mythtv/channels. Or some other user's path.


2021-01-13 10:21:52.489294 N [30701/30701] thread_unknown mythdirs.cpp:205 (InitializeMythDirs) - Using configuration directory = /home/jam/.mythtv

and

[sandypit] /home/jam [1002]% ls ./.mythtv/channels/
180px-ABC3_logo.png  abc3_au.png         national_indigenous_tv.png   seven-two.png
4me_au.png           abc_hd_au.png       one_ca.png                   ten_network_au.png
7mate.png            abc_news_24_au.png  sbs861c4b17d8fc1856b814.png  topv_food_channel.png
7mate.png.0x57.png   abc-news-24.png     sbs_au_hd.png                tvsn_au.png
7network_au.png      channel_9_mm.png    sbs_one_au.png               west_television.png
7network_au_two.png  eleven_au.png       sbs_plus.png
7network_hd.png      eleven.png          sbs_two_au.png
abc1_au.png          fresh_us.png        seven-mate.png

as well as

MariaDB [mythconverg]> select chanid, icon, visible from channel;
+--------+----------------------------+---------+
| chanid | icon                       | visible |
+--------+----------------------------+---------+
|  10007 | 7network_au.png            |       1 |
|  10071 | 7network_au.png            |       1 |
|  10072 | 7network_au_two.png        |       1 |
...

Alas no cigar, even after restart
James

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> Thank you - that explains why my system is looking for icons in /etc/mythtv/channels.
> 
> So I have had most success with manually downloading icons from lyngsat and putting them in the above directory.  I may look to moving this to ~/.mythtv/channels now I know how.
> 
> Then I add the icon name (but not the filepath) to the database.
> 
> At this point they appear in the mythfrontend EPG but not on Mythweb or WebFrontend listing pages.
> 
> Restarting the backend generates some additional renditions of the icon files, in the same directory, and they now show on the web views (providing I flush the browser cache).
> 
> One issue I have is that the icon images from lyngsat are rectangular, and that's how they appear on the WebFrontEnd where they look pretty sharp.  But on my Frontend (running mythcenter-wide) they're displayed square and look a bit clunky.  Is there a theme tweak I can do to sort that out?