New Plugin: TV Listings (TV Guide Replacement)

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They are stored in an additional column 'icon' of the programme-table in the database, where a hyperlink or path to the image is placed.
I'm doing this automatically during PostUpdateEPG (see EpgUpdater for details), but your xmltv-source has to support the <icon>-element.

DONT add any columns or tables to the GB-PVR database. I have said in the past that I dont what anyone modifying the structure of the GB-PVR database in any way.

[reven]

Do you mean the colored status bar on top or do you mean the colors for the backgrounds of scheduled programmes?

i mean display a "record" icon in the schedule programme rectangle (like mce, mediaportal, myth does it). the red bar up the top is fine the way it is.

I don't like them - so I didn't include them
But shouldn't be a big problem to include it in the next release.

cheers, i actually like them

They are stored in an additional column 'icon' of the programme-table in the database, where a hyperlink or path to the image is placed.
I'm doing this automatically during PostUpdateEPG (see EpgUpdater for details), but your xmltv-source has to support the <icon>-element.
So, since you're also developing a listings grabber for new zealand, and the websites have images to shows, you should also save the urls to the images when grabbing the information.

so do you download the images to disk anywhere? or just save the url in the database and download them to memory when needed?

and any chance you could make it look in the gbpvr\media\art directory for a image if no link is in the db, this is a common directory a few plugins use for art.
i have updated my xmltv grabber to get icons (well i readded it) but for 90% of the channels there are no icons available, so it would be handy if it looked in that directory.

[reven]

oh also, i couldnt get it to download any icons from the xmltv file, heres a sample

Code:

<programme start="200608141400" stop="200608141500" channel="03">
    <title lang="en">J.A.G.</title>
    <sub-title lang="en">Heart &amp; Soul</sub-title>
    <desc lang="en">When Harm takes Admiral Chegwidden for a ride in a F-14 Tomcat, AJ must fight for survival after accidently being ejected into a heavily forested area, blanketed in a snowstorm.</desc>
    <icon src="http://www.tv3.co.nz/Portals/0/ShowImages/1_12921.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <rating system="NZ">
      <value>AO</value>
    </rating>
  </programme>

just want to make sure the icon attribute is correct, or are you using it like
<icon>http://www.tv3.co.nz/Portals/0/ShowImages/1_12921.jpg</icon>
originally i couldnt find much documentation on this and assumed it was the same structure for the programme as it was for the channels.

[alibert]

Hi,

DONT add any columns or tables to the GB-PVR database. I have said in the past that I dont what anyone modifying the structure of the GB-PVR database in any way.

I will think about it and look for another way to store the urls in the future, sorry about that. Maybe a serialized Hashtable would do it.

-alibert

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I'm sorry, but you need to make sure you remove this logic that changes the GB-PVR database. I dont ask much of the developers, but I dont want any changes made to my database structure.

I've removed your EpgUpdater from the Wiki while you correct it.

[alibert]

Hi,

i mean display a "record" icon in the schedule programme rectangle (like mce, mediaportal, myth does it). the red bar up the top is fine the way it is.

I will have a look if it is possible to use a texturebrush for that purpose.

so do you download the images to disk anywhere? or just save the url in the database and download them to memory when needed?

The image urls can be internet-urls. Then they're downloaded in the background while opening the details-popup. Once they're loaded they are displayed.
If the icon-url points to a local file, it is displayed immediately when opening the popup.

and any chance you could make it look in the gbpvr\media\art directory for a image if no link is in the db, this is a common directory a few plugins use for art.
i have updated my xmltv grabber to get icons (well i readded it) but for 90% of the channels there are no icons available, so it would be handy if it looked in that directory.

Maybe - do you mean something like an image called "A-Team.extension" that is displayed when the programme with title "A-Team" itself doesn't contain explicitly an icon?

-alibert

[alibert]

oh also, i couldnt get it to download any icons from the xmltv file, heres a sample

Code:

<programme start="200608141400" stop="200608141500" channel="03">
    <title lang="en">J.A.G.</title>
    <sub-title lang="en">Heart &amp; Soul</sub-title>
    <desc lang="en">When Harm takes Admiral Chegwidden for a ride in a F-14 Tomcat, AJ must fight for survival after accidently being ejected into a heavily forested area, blanketed in a snowstorm.</desc>
    <icon src="http://www.tv3.co.nz/Portals/0/ShowImages/1_12921.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <rating system="NZ">
      <value>AO</value>
    </rating>
  </programme>

just want to make sure the icon attribute is correct, or are you using it like
<icon>http://www.tv3.co.nz/Portals/0/ShowImages/1_12921.jpg</icon>
originally i couldnt find much documentation on this and assumed it was the same structure for the programme as it was for the channels.

The correct form of the xml-element is

Code:

<icon src="http://www.tv3.co.nz/Portals/0/ShowImages/1_12921.jpg" />

The optional 'width' and 'height' parameters are ignored.

-alibert

[alibert]

Hi,

I'm sorry, but you need to make sure you remove this functionality. I dont ask much of the developers, but I dont want any changes made to my database structure.

I've removed your EpgUpdater from the Wiki while you correct it.

It's okay, I just found it naturally to store icons along with the other information on programmes.

One question:
When doing a complete epg reload - will the programme-oids be 'shuffled'? Or will the 'same' programme (same start-/endtimes, same title) have a different oid assigned during the epg-update?

-alibert

[reven]

Maybe - do you mean something like an image called "A-Team.extension" that is displayed when the programme with title "A-Team" itself doesn't contain explicitly an icon?

yup, the name minus the "special keys" eg "\/>?*" etc + jpg/jpeg/jpe/png/gif.

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One question:
When doing a complete epg reload - will the programme-oids be 'shuffled'? Or will the 'same' programme (same start-/endtimes, same title) have a different oid assigned during the epg-update?

The OIDs are auto-incremented for each insert, so will change with each EPG update when complete EPG reload is enabled.