Genre Colors

[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"/>

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" ...

[GWCowling323]

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<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"/>


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" ...

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Put the base list of genres in genre-mapping.xml file, which is what I found in the directory noted. No genre colors. Changed the name to genres.mapping. Still no colors. I have attached the xml file I used.

[Graham]

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.

Put the base list of genres in genre-mapping.xml file, which is what I found in the directory noted. No genre colors. Changed the name to genres.mapping. Still no colors. I have attached the xml file I used.

genres-mapping.xml is used with Emby ... NextPVR.exe and the NextPVR Web App use a table in the NextPVR database ... npvr.db3 ... as described earlier.

Everyone is urged to start their own thread when seeking support to minimise the risk of confusion.

[mvallevand]

A few corrections, the web app does use that table as well as Kodi. The Jellyfin NextPVR interface uses a different genre method,

Also support for the Emby interface was dropped several months ago.

Martin

[GWCowling323]

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.

Edited the the npvr.db3 database. Still no genre colors. I have attached it.

[mvallevand]

You can't attach db3 files or file larger then 2MB you need to find a link on the net, like OneDrive GoggleDrive, DropBox etc.

Martin

[GWCowling323]

You can't attach db3 files or file larger then 2MB you need to find a link on the net, like OneDrive GoggleDrive, DropBox etc.

Martin

 Can't figure out how to upload a .db3 file to GoogleDrive or OneDrive. A database file is not one of my choices

[mvallevand]

You can always zip it and send the zip file. You should be able to use Windows Explorer to access One Drive folders too.

Martin

[Graham]

 Can't figure out how to upload a .db3 file to GoogleDrive or OneDrive. A database file is not one of my choices

You can always zip it and send the zip file. You should be able to use Windows Explorer to access One Drive folders too.

Right click on the npvr.db3 file and select ... Send to ... and then ... Compressed (zipped) folder ... This will create a zip file containg the npvr.db3 file.

It should be possible to upload a zip file to most (or all) online storage services.

[GWCowling323]

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You can always zip it and send the zip file. You should be able to use Windows Explorer to access One Drive folders too.

Zipped it for you
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