[mythtvnz] Channel Icons

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On 20 May 2014 12:36:12 PM NZST, Aaron Pelly <apelly at monkeymasters.co.nz> wrote:
>The channel icons from lyngsat are shit. I looked online, but only
>found 
>one complete set. These were also marginal at best. So I started with 
>the complete set and replaced or enhanced the ones that were at all 
>interesting to me. I'm inclined to stick them on github. Maybe there is
>
>a good set out there already; I didn't particularly want to ask,
>because 
>I'm already overwhelming the list. As usual, I have a couple of
>questions:
>
>There is a documented size for myth channel logos, but all themes scale
>
>them to fit anyway. Terra uses 4:3 proportions and some (most?) use
>1:1. 
>It is easy to make both. The question is what to name them. At the 
>moment the names are a bit messy, but it might make them easier to use 
>if they had names that myth was expecting.
>
>Have I wasted my time?
>What is the myth channel icon naming convention?
>
>
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You mention lyngsat so I guess you source your tv from sat.  I am a dvb-t consumer so I have taken a different approach.

The mheg stream contains icon images which are used ( I assume ) by the freeview guide displays.

So as I am already grabbing my epg from mheg I also grab the icon images and then process them with a little ImageMagick script.  As for naming convention i decided on using the mheg service id so the TV One icon is called 1200.png.

I see the benefits of my approach as follows:

I automatically get icons for all new channels
I automatically get any changed icons if a chanel rebrands

I feel it is a total soution for dvb-t users but does not address sky channels or those people that use freeview sat.

Tony


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