XBMC - EPG Genere Colors

[MrKuenning]

I am just setting up my new HTPC / PVR and I thought I would start with NextPVR. I am using MC2XML for the XMLTV file, and I am using the AEON NOX skin in XBMC.

However I was seeing a blank looking epg with white letters on a black background.
Similar to this.


I found a guide online to make a epg-genres folder in the addon/skinname/media folder and add a 256.png file to get a grid look.
Now it looks like this


I would like assistance making the genere catagory colors working in the EPG to make it look more like this.


MC2XML has catagories listed in it

Code:

<programme start="20130318190000 -0800" stop="20130318220500 -0800" channel="I28.28456003.microsoft.com">
        <title lang="en">WWE Monday Night RAW *</title>
        <date>20130318</date>
        <category lang="en">Episodic</category>
        <category lang="en">Other</category>
        <category lang="en">Series</category>
        <category lang="en">Sports</category>
        <episode-num system="onscreen">637</episode-num>
        <episode-num system="ms_progid">1.EP000565121027</episode-num>
        <episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00056512.1027</episode-num>
        <audio>
            <stereo>stereo</stereo>
        </audio>
        <new />
        <subtitles type="teletext" />
        <rating system="VCHIP">
            <value>TV-PG</value>
        </rating>
    </programme>

And I have a file in the epg-genres called genre-numbers.txt with the following.

Code:

Genre Numbers set internally by XBMC

0 = other/unknown
16 = moviedrama
32 = news
48 = show
64 = sports
80 = child
96 = music
112 = arts
128 = social
144 = science
160 = hobby
176 = special
192 = other/unknown
208 = other/unknown
224 = other/unknown
240 = other/unknown

I assumed those correlate with translating the category to the corresponding PNG.

Excuse my ignorance on this matter, but I have tried googling this for a while now and I haven't found any answers related to NEXTPVR.
Has anyone got this to work?

[sub]

The current release doesn't support genre in XBMC, but I have it working for the next release.

This has the genre translations from NextPVR to XBMC in an xml file. I've added the translations for DVB genres. We'll most likely need to add additional entries to that XML for EPGs from different sources like Schedules Direct etc.

[MrKuenning]

When you say current release are you talking about the current release of NextPVR or the XBMC addon?

[sub]

The current combination of NextPVR + XBMC addon don't support it. There will be a new addon and new version of NextPVR that support it.

[werkkrew]

Is there any update on if/when this functionality will exist?

[sub]

The current release of NextPVR supports it, and the current XBMC addon code supports it. That XBMC addon code has been merged upstream, but I'm not 100% sure if that code has made it into the public releases yet. Everything is done from my perspective, just waiting for it to make its way into the hands of users.

[werkkrew]

Great news!

Does anything need to be done by a user to configure it or is there a way to see if the version of XBMC I am running supports it before I try to run a nightly?

[sub]

From memory, the addon version 1.6.5 added this functionality, so you can check if you're running that version.

[werkkrew]

Is there any documentation on it?

[sub]

No.