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| − | As of 0.21, MythTV includes a channel icon | + | =Channel Icon Download System= |
| + | As of 0.21, MythTV includes a channel icon download system in ''mythtv-setup'' which will attempt to automatically download icons for channels in your database from services.mythtv.org. If it cannot find an icon it will present you with a list of options, an the ability to define your own search parameters. | ||
To configure icon downloading in mythtv-setup: | To configure icon downloading in mythtv-setup: | ||
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* select either "Download all icons.." or "Rescan for missing icons.." | * select either "Download all icons.." or "Rescan for missing icons.." | ||
| + | ==Universal Location== | ||
| + | By default the icon will be downloaded to the '/home/<user>/.mythtv/channels' directory. This is not very friendly when you have multiple frontends and wish them all to share the icons. One method to get around this is to use a symlink for this directory that directs to a network located directory that all your frontends have access to, say '/var/mythtv/channels' for example. | ||
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| + | Before downloading the icons, do the following, or similar as per your distribution: | ||
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| + | <code><pre> | ||
| + | rm ~/.mythtv/channels -rf | ||
| + | sudo mkdir /var/mythtv/channels | ||
| + | sudo chown <user>:<group> /var/mythtv/channels | ||
| + | ln -s /var/mythtv/channels ~/.mythtv/channels | ||
| + | </pre></code> | ||
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| + | You will want to run | ||
| + | <code><pre> | ||
| + | rm ~/.mythtv/channels -rf | ||
| + | ln -s /var/mythtv/channels ~/.mythtv/channels | ||
| + | </pre></code> | ||
| + | for all the users that can run MythTV as well. | ||
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| + | =Channel Icon Sources= | ||
One of the best sources of channel icons is http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/ . There, you can browse the available icons and choose those appropriate for your system. However, doing so can be a lot of work (requiring many page hits and a lot of time). Once downloaded you should put the resulting JPEG files into .mythtv/channels/ for the user running the front-end. To add them to a channel you will need to run mythtv-setup and go to the channel editor and specify the icon file name for each channel. | One of the best sources of channel icons is http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/ . There, you can browse the available icons and choose those appropriate for your system. However, doing so can be a lot of work (requiring many page hits and a lot of time). Once downloaded you should put the resulting JPEG files into .mythtv/channels/ for the user running the front-end. To add them to a channel you will need to run mythtv-setup and go to the channel editor and specify the icon file name for each channel. | ||
| − | =International Channel Logos= | + | ==International Channel Logos== |
| − | [http://www. | + | * [https://ash.ms/projects/channels Australia] |
| + | * [http://www.documentjes.nl/linux/mythtv/icons/ Netherlands] | ||
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| + | [[Category:HOWTO]] | ||
Revision as of 08:20, 9 September 2012
Contents
Channel Icon Download System
As of 0.21, MythTV includes a channel icon download system in mythtv-setup which will attempt to automatically download icons for channels in your database from services.mythtv.org. If it cannot find an icon it will present you with a list of options, an the ability to define your own search parameters.
To configure icon downloading in mythtv-setup:
- run "mythtv-setup"
- select "Channel Editor"
- click on "Icon Download"
- select either "Download all icons.." or "Rescan for missing icons.."
Universal Location
By default the icon will be downloaded to the '/home/<user>/.mythtv/channels' directory. This is not very friendly when you have multiple frontends and wish them all to share the icons. One method to get around this is to use a symlink for this directory that directs to a network located directory that all your frontends have access to, say '/var/mythtv/channels' for example.
Before downloading the icons, do the following, or similar as per your distribution:
rm ~/.mythtv/channels -rf
sudo mkdir /var/mythtv/channels
sudo chown <user>:<group> /var/mythtv/channels
ln -s /var/mythtv/channels ~/.mythtv/channels
You will want to run
rm ~/.mythtv/channels -rf
ln -s /var/mythtv/channels ~/.mythtv/channels
for all the users that can run MythTV as well.
Channel Icon Sources
One of the best sources of channel icons is http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/ . There, you can browse the available icons and choose those appropriate for your system. However, doing so can be a lot of work (requiring many page hits and a lot of time). Once downloaded you should put the resulting JPEG files into .mythtv/channels/ for the user running the front-end. To add them to a channel you will need to run mythtv-setup and go to the channel editor and specify the icon file name for each channel.
