Channel Icons

[volksman]

Hey All!

I was playing with the EPG software from xmltv. I ran it with tv_grab_na_icons and it downloaded a bunch of icons for me. I then ran tv_grab_na_dd again and the XML file was able to associate the icons to the channels. Went into GBPVR and the guide was showing me icons! COOL!

So then I decide to baseline the box again last night (had also tried some codecs and other PVR software and wanted to make things virgin again). But in repeating my steps to get the icons to appear using xmltv plugin they won't!

Can someone provide any assistance in that?

[wedgie]

go to you gbpvr file then media/channel icons put them in there manually
they must correspond to channel nmes in config and be 132x99

[volksman]

yeah I was trying to avoid that (manually changing 100+ icons is time consuming).

The weird part is I didn't have to do that last time. Like I said I used the xmlTV function to get and associate the icons and it worked...Just trying to find out why it doesn't work this time round....

[volksman]

hrm....ok....maybe the crack is getting to me, maybe it's just the way things work. I haven't seen this method posted anywhere so here is my best stab at automating the icon download/config for GB (for NA only!!!):

Make sure that you have a media/ChannelLogos directory (if you don't have the dir then this method WON'T work, it's why it wasn't working for me earlier I believe).

Then run:

xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_icons

It will ask for your postal code (or zip I assume).
It will then provide a list of service providers in your area, choose yours.

It will then download all the icons for you.

I then ran:

xmltv.exe tv_grab_na_dd --days 3 > xmltv.xml

Update the EPG in GB.

And PRESTO! The icons appear in the guide!

(One note: Firstly I don't have time to retest this but that was how I got it to work. Secondly make sure you backup your ChannelLogos dir if you already have one cause I'm pretty sure it over wrote the one or two icons I placed in there for testing.)