[mythtv-users] Channel icon path

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Sep 12 11:46:16 EDT 2006


On 09/12/06 03:39, Robin Gilks wrote:

>A question about the path to the channel icons as used by the OSD. The
>value in my database refers to the absolute path in the Master backend so
>the remote frontend is not able to access the icons even though it has a
>copy of them (different user, different home directory).
>
>Have I missed a database update that should have made the path of the form
>"~/.mythtv/channels/abc.jpg" rather than what I have at present which is
>of the form "/home/user/.mythtv/channels/abc.jpg" which only works if the
>user running a frontend is the same thoughout the system.
>
>I've bodged a symbolic link in the home directory to make the icons
>accessable but thats not the point...
>

No DB updates for that.  It's assumed that you'll install the icons in 
the same location on all frontends.  They don't have to be in the mythtv 
user's home directory--I have them in a subdirectory of my mythtv data 
directory (i.e. along with a recordings, a videos, a music, and more 
directories).  However, to put them elsewhere (since mythfilldatabase 
always uses ~/.mythtv/channels), you'll have to manually edit the paths 
in the DB.

Mike


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