[mythtv-users] icons

[James Linder]

> On 2 Feb 2016, at 8:00 PM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 0.27 fixes
>> I?ve downloaded (and have) the icons for all the channels.
>> No icons appear eg in mythweb along with the channel names.
>> They ARE shown in mythtv-setup
>> The wiki says put them in ~mythtv/.mythtv/channels
>> 
>> (ps -ef)
>> mythtv  11213  1  1 Feb01 ?        00:15:57 /usr/bin/mythbackend --syslog local7 --user mythtv ?daemon
>> 
>> and 
>> 
>> [sandypit] /home/jam [500]% sudo ls ~mythtv/.mythtv/channels
>> [sudo] password for jam:
>> 11.png		     9Life.png		  EXTRA.png		      sbs_au_hd.png
>> 4me_au.jpg	     9.png		  fresh_us.jpg		      sbs_one_au.png
>> 4me_au.png	     abc1_au.png	  fresh_us.png		      sbs_two_au.png
>> 7mate.jpg	     ABC2.png		  GEM.png		      ten_network_au.jpg
>> 7mate.png	     abc3_au.png	  gem_tv_au.jpg		      ten_network_au.png
>> 7network_au.jpg      ABC3.png		  go_au.jpg		      tvsn_au.jpg
>> 7network_au.png      abc_news_24_au.png   gold_au.jpg		      tvsn_au.png
>> 7network_au_two.jpg  ABCN.png		  GO.png		      TVSN.png
>> 7network_au_two.png  channel_9_mm.png	  national_indigenous_tv.png  west_television.jpg
>> 7network_hd.jpg      channel_nine_au.jpg  one_ca.jpg		      west_television.png
>> 7network_hd.png      eleven_au.jpg	  one_ca.png
>> 9HD.png		     eleven_au.png	  ONE.png
>> 
>> So I looked at the page src for mythweb.
>> Very not clear, but I do not see any channel img src alt type lines
>> 
>> The wiki also says there is a ChannelIcons storage group, but there is not
>> On this frontend I?m running mythbuntu (10.04)
>> 
>> Can anybody show me how please
>> James
> 
> The location of channel icons has changed with more recent versions of
> MythTV.  The storagegroup and putting them in
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels is correct for versions since 0.26? (not
> sure, might be 0.25), but it was a little different before that.  If I
> remember correctly, what I used to do was to put them in
> /home/<frontenduser>/.mythtv/channels (where <frontenduser> was my
> main MythTV user login).  Then I had /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels
> linked to that directory, and also the same from any other frontend
> user directories.  So what I would recommend now is that you have them
> in the new location of /home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels, and put links to
> that directory from all your /home/<frontenduser>/.mythtv/channels
> directories.  When you upgrade to a recent version, you should then
> just be able to remove those links as they will not be necessary any
> more.

Note I posted: 0.27 fixes
So far Nothing seems amis but this looks messy

mysql> select chanid,name,icon from channel;
+--------+-----------------+--------------------------------------+
| chanid | name            | icon                                 |
+--------+-----------------+--------------------------------------+
|   1007 | 7 Digital       |                                      |
|   1071 | 7 Digital 1     |                                      |
|   1072 | 7TWO            | seven-two.png                        |
|   1073 | 7mate           | seven-mate.png                       |
|   1070 | 7 Digital       | seven_e69f30e8baff7fcbab28feb8b9.jpg |
|   1076 | New Channel     |                                      |
|   1074 | TV4ME           |                                      |
|   1078 | RACING.COM      |                                      |
|   1003 | SBS ONE         |                                      |
|   1032 | SBS TWO         |                                      |
|   1033 | Food Network    |                                      |
|   1034 | NITV            | NITVLOGOCOLOUR.jpg                   |
|   1030 | SBS HD          | sbs861c4b17d8fc1856b814.png          |
|   1009 | Channel 9 Perth |                                      |
|   1090 | 9HD Perth       |                                      |
|   1099 | 9Go!            |                                      |
|   1094 | 9Life           |                                      |
|   1095 | Extra           |                                      |
|   1091 | Channel 9 Perth |                                      |
|   1092 | 9Gem            |                                      |
|   1093 | 9Go!            |                                      |
|   1001 | ONE             |                                      |
|   1010 | TEN DIGITAL     | ten_953df6f5ce62f91c0068d5a3512f.jpg |
|   1014 | TVSN            | 176.png                              |
|   1012 | ONE             | one_hd.jpg                           |
|   1011 | ELEVEN          | eleven.png                           |
|   1015 | SpreeTV         |                                      |
|   1024 | ABC News 24     | abc-news-24.png                      |
|   1002 | ABC             |                                      |
|   1022 | ABC2/KIDS       |                                      |
|   1021 | ABC             |                                      |
|   1023 | ABC3            | 180px-ABC3_logo.png                  |
|   1044 | West TV         |                                      |
+--------+-----------------+———————————————————+

Should I fiddle the DB? How does the DB get the icon names?

Thanks
James

PS the test* ie browse the icons does NOT work