[mythtv-users] New channel logo not displaying

Ian Evans dheianevans at gmail.com
Thu Dec 5 15:48:48 UTC 2013


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:32:54 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Stephen Worthington <
> >stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 08:19:57 -0500, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >We added a new OTA channel here in Toronto as CHCH Hamilton moved to
> UHF
> >> >from VHF making it reach us better.
> >> >
> >> >I downloaded the logo. It's with my other logos:
> >> >
> >> >/home/ian/.mythtv/channels/CHCH_logo.png
> >> >
> >> >If I look in mysql, it's there too:
> >> >
> >> >/home/ian/.mythtv/channels/CHCH_logo.png
> >> >
> >> >But still it doesn't display. Scratching my head...
> >>
> >> Have you checked that it really is a displayable .png file?  Try using
> >> a program that displays picture files to check.  Sometimes you can
> >> think you have downloaded a file and what you have really got is a bit
> >> of HTML saying the file is stored somewhere else or some other problem
> >> like that.
> >
> >
> >I did a save image as on the logo and confirmed that it was an image file
> >with an image program.
>
> So, how about the permissions.  There would have to be read access by
> either the mythtv user or the mythtv group.  I have my channel icon
> files all set to chmod a+r, and owner and group set to my MythTV user,
> which is of course a member of the mythtv group.


Sigh...I've got a new rule for myself..."when in doubt, check permissions."
Thanks
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20131205/a09d1f7e/attachment.html>


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list