Genre Colors

[jordy1955]

I am @emveepee I was going to use that here when I registered but in 2006 but I was coming from mvpmc where is I was mvallevand so wanted to avoid confusion. Now I wish I was emveepee here too.

The Emby and jellyfin plugins use all the categories but you have to enable the guide colouring and add the exact text categories not the mapped values from the xml files in the plugin settings.

Martin

Hi Martin,

How do I "enable the guide colouring" in Emby? I found the xml files and all seems to be good there but I can't see where the "on switch" is. Is it in the plugin, xml or in emby itself?

thanks

jordy

[mvallevand]

Emby I don't remember where though but it wasn't too hard to find.

Martin

[jordy1955]

Emby I don't remember where though but it wasn't too hard to find.

Martin

Hi Martin,

I found it but it doesn't appear to work, it was switched on, I toggled it, saved it,  checked that the Categories were accurate for the basic "subtype="0" categories but still no guide colors...

Does it work for you?

EDIT: I've just discovered that Guide Coloring works in the Emby AndroidTV app on my Shield. Just not in the Emby WebUI. Similar to NextPVR, It works in the Web page but not in the Client. Something definitely not right here!

thanks

jordy

[mvallevand]

I hate supporting Emby because it is a commercial app so remember if you haven't donated to sub for NextPVR to do so.

What do you have on the plugin settings screen for the Emby categories? It has nothing to do with the subtypes.

Martin

[jordy1955]

I hate supporting Emby because it is a commercial app so remember if you haven't donated to sub for NextPVR to do so.

What do you have on the plugin settings screen for the Emby categories?  It has nothing to do with the subtypes.

Martin

Like I said, I'm getting colors in the Android App just not the WebUI. That kinda says that the Categories are correct, just not being represented in the WebUI...

[GWCowling323]

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Code:

<genre name="Series" type="48" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Leisure and Hobbies" type="160" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Arts and Culture" type="112" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Social and Political" type="128" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Sport" type="64" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Childerens Programmes" type="80" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Education and Science" type="144" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Music and Dance" type="96" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="News and Current Affairs" type="32" subtype="0"/>

Do type and subtype set the color to use? If so, where can I find the types and subtypes for the colors I want to use?
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[Graham]

Do type and subtype set the color to use? If so, where can I find the types and subtypes for the colors I want to use?

EPG genre colours are stored in a table in the NextPVR database.  The NextPVR V5 Settings app does not include a mechanism to update the genre colours in the database.

It is possible to use an SQLite editor to update the table in the database.  You will need to know the numeric values that are the equivalent for each of the colours that you want.

Or you could add an item to the wishlist ... and wait for Sub to get a round tuit.

[arrbee99]

Do type and subtype set the color to use? If so, where can I find the types and subtypes for the colors I want to use?

EPG genre colours are stored in a table in the NextPVR database.  The NextPVR V5 Settings app does not include a mechanism to update the genre colours in the database.

It is possible to use an SQLite editor to update the table in the database.  You will need to know the numeric values that are the equivalent for each of the colours that you want.

Or you could add an item to the wishlist ... and wait for Sub to get a round tuit.

I always thought tuits were sort of star shaped. Oh well, learn something new every day...

[GWCowling323]

Adding these to the program/data/genres-mapping.xml file should get colours working for you,

Code:

<genre name="Series" type="48" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Leisure and Hobbies" type="160" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Arts and Culture" type="112" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Social and Political" type="128" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Sport" type="64" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Childerens Programmes" type="80" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Education and Science" type="144" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="Music and Dance" type="96" subtype="0"/>
<genre name="News and Current Affairs" type="32" subtype="0"/>

I have added the lines to EIT Categories.cfg, I even put them in order with the other entries - stlll no genre colors

If I might be so bold as to transcibe Martin's shorthand ... "program/data/genres-mapping.xml" equals ... "C:\Program Files\NextPVR\data\genres-mapping.xml" ...

[mvallevand]

Since Windows accepts slash or backslash it makes it easier to write it that way and the program folder varies too. We're not in Kansas anymore.

Martin