Channel name has a colon in it, how can I get a logo in the guide?

[JP23]

Hi,

As I understand it, filenames for channel logos need to be the same as the name of the channel, as you can't put a colon in a filename in Windows, this leaves me stuck.

Can I change the channel name in GBPVR and still somehow have it correspond to the original channel in my EPG data, or is there some other way around this?

It's only TMF:The Music Factory, which I never watch, but it's the only channel missing a logo and it looks untidy, I'm fairly tempted to just delete the channel.

[sub]

You probably just need to take the colon out of the name. "TMF:The Music Factory" becomes "TMFThe Music Factory"

[JP23]

Yes, but I'm using XMLTV GUI, and I don't see any way of editing the channel name in there. If I change the channel name in GBPVR (how do I do that anyway) surely the channel in the EPG data and the channel in my channel list are no longer linked?

[sub]

You shouldnt need to edit the channel name. When it looks for channel icon, it'll look for it without the colon. For example, "TMFThe Music Factory.png"

[JP23]

Oh right, thanks. Probably should have tried that.

[shadowze]

JP23:
XMLTV GUI has a post processing option to remove : from channels names
just switch it on and all is well :-)