[mythtv-users] Trouble getting channel icons.

[Phil Bridges]

On Dec 18, 2007 3:07 AM, Marc Chamberlin <marc at marcchamberlin.com> wrote:
>
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > On 12/17/2007 02:16 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Dave, I think you have given me enough info to get over the hump
> >> and get the icons working. Apparently the master_iconmap.xml file does
> >> not have the info necessary to set up the icon logos for the TV stations
> >> in my area.
> >>
> >
> > Might just be that your callsigns are not the same as those used in the
> > master_iconmap.xml file.
> >
> >
> >>  (to be honest it did find one, but it was for a station that
> >> I cannot watch off the air so I never looked at it...but when I saw it
> >> in the mysql channel table, that told me that things are working
> >> properly, just not filled in.) I found and downloaded the rest of them
> >> from lyngsat and I will now dig into mysql (I hate database languages!
> >> sigh) and see if I can get it populated with the paths to the icons for
> >> each of the TV stations... And you are probably right, I will set this
> >> up in a script so it can be rerun if necessary in the future...
> >>
> >
> > And, really, it's probably a /lot/ easier just to add the local channels
> > into master_iconmap.xml if they truly don't exist.  If you open the file
> > in a text editor, it's relatively intuitive format that's used.  First,
> > search for your local stations using the editor's Find (i.e. searching
> > for WKMG would allow you to find things like WKMG-DT and WKMG-DT2, but
> > would not have been matched by mythfilldatabase).  If some don't exist,
> > just add them to the end of master_iconmap.xml.
> >
> > Since the SVN trunk version of MythTV won't be using master_iconmap.xml,
> > you won't likely have to ever "merge" your changes into an updated
> > iconmap, so really there's no reason to create a script--let
> > mythfilldatabase do its job.
> >
> > Mike
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> Thanks again Mike, with yours and Daves help I think I am getting out of
> the woods! ;-)  I have now managed to get a few of the network affiliate
> icons to show up. There are a couple of issues that I had to overcome -
>
> 1. Apparently Schedules Direct did not set up the call signs for the
> major TV stations in my area. Instead there was a default "Adding
> Channel xx" label for these stations. When you directed me to go back an
> check what MythTVSetup was calling the name/call sign for these stations
> it was "Adding Channel" and I saw the problem immediately and changed
> them by hand. That got things a little further along but not out of the
> woods entirely..
>
> 2. There is a mistake in the master_iconmap.xml file that was causing an
> additional problem. The URL/path for ion_media_networks is wrong and
> should be changed from LyngSat-corp/jk/ion_media_networks to
> LyngSat-corp/ii/ion_media_networks  (jk -> ii) throughout the file.
>
> At this point icons started to show up! :-) Now I have a question -
> Would it be possible to configure stations in the master_ iconmap.xml
> file so that I can set the icon directly for a particular TV station
> instead of using the network affiliation icon? For example would this be
> legitimate? -
>
>     <callsigntonetwork>
>         <callsign>wkmg</callsign>
>         <url>[LyngSat]/tv/ww/wkmg_orlando.jpg</url>
>     </callsigntonetwork>
>
> That way I could set the icons to the logo used by TV stations that are not affiliated with one of the big networks... Just thought I would ask before experimenting and possibly breaking something. I haven't found any documentation on this xml file but perhaps it is hiding somewhere.. Anywise it sounds as if this approach is about to be deprecated so probably no matter...  ;-)
>
>    Marc....
>

Argh!  I think I just realized what's been wrong with my channel icons
- all of my stinkin' callsigns are capitalized, but the master_iconmap
has this in lower-case.  Looks like I know what I'm doing one
afternoon...