Picon path - what is it ?

Piotr Kuchciak

Hello
I update to version 3.9.1612 and i see in GENERAL option is ne value: PICON PATH. What is it ? Can you explaine me ?

Piotr Kuchciak

Can you help me ?

Datafreak -

Hi,

I had today the same Question.
I checked the code in the GIT-Project and found this Commit:

https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend/commit/0b3fcdce580187227bc9f305b03f34d521c7300b

channel: added support for getting icons from underlying services Also added an initial implementation of picon support.

So I think there is or it will come a service which loads or create the channel logo.

Edit: Maybe this is what you/we search: http://picons.bitbucket.org/howto.html

Best Regards,
Datafreak

Piotr Kuchciak

Can you help me how i cane use it on my Synology NAS with Debian CHroot 7.4 ?

Give me instrukcjion step by step how run it...

Datafreak -

Here a short Howto to generate the Picons:

# Install some packages in the Debian/Ubuntu way.


$ sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin imagemagick pngnq tar bzip2 p7zip p7zip-full

# Download the Repository from http://picons.bitbucket.org/.


$ wget "https://bitbucket.org/picons/logos/get/34aab6ba9cbd.zip"

# Extract the Repository


$ unzip 34aab6ba9cbd.zip

# Building the picons


$ cd picons-logos-34aab6ba9cbd/
$ ./build.sh build

# You find the binaries here:

/tmp/picons-binaries

Usage:
# Unpack want you want to use (examplehd.reflection-black).


$ tar xfvj hd.reflection-black_*.tar.bz2

# Move it to a usefull path:


$ mkdir /home/hts/picons
$ mv hd.reflection-black_*/* /home/hts/picons
$ chown -R hts:hts /home/hts/picons/

# Update the Picon path in the Configurations

file:///home/hts/picons

You can also download the files generated by me here:
* "picons-binaries.7z"
> hd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > hd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> hd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > hd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> hd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > hd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> sd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > sd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> sd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > sd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> sd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > sd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> shd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > shd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> shd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > shd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> shd.transparent-black-nopadding_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > shd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
> shd.transparent-white-nopadding_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z > shd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.7z
* "picons-binaries.bz2"
> hd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > hd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> hd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > hd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> hd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > hd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> sd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > sd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> sd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > sd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> sd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > sd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> shd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > shd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> shd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > shd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> shd.transparent-black-nopadding_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > shd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
> shd.transparent-white-nopadding_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2 > shd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17.tar.bz2
* "picons-binaries.ipk.zip"
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.hd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.hd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.hd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.hd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.hd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.hd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.sd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.sd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.sd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.sd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.sd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.sd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.black-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.blue-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.reflection-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.transparent-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk
> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.transparent-black-nopadding_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.transparent-white_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk

> enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.transparent-white-nopadding_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk > enigma2-plugin-picons-tv-ocram.shd.white-black_2014-10-19--21-09-17_all.ipk

Best Regards,
Datafreak

Piotr Kuchciak

Ok i do this but what next ?

Datafreak -

HowTo is updated.
See Usage.

Piotr Kuchciak

Where see usage ?

I set in tvheadend path to picons where is the files which you see in previous post. But nothing.

Datafreak -

Hi Piotr,

it worked in my case (I use the las Version build from GITHTS Tvheadend 3.9.1901~g43e805d). Maybe your system is different.

Maybe it helps to reload the tvheadend service (/etc/init.d/tvheadend restart) or to clear you Brower cache.

Here my settings:

!picons_1.png!

and here the Icon:

!picons_2.png!

Best Regards,
Datafreak

Piotr Kuchciak

in path file:///home/hts/picons you have all generated file ipk and tar.bz2 and 7z ?

Datafreak -

No, please read and follow the usage steps in my "HowTo"

As I wrote, I updated my HowTo.

In my example it looks like this:
!picons_3.png!

Piotr Kuchciak

I do this step by step as you describe but nothing. Restarted TVHEADEND. I have a Debian Chroot 7.4

hts@Synology_DS713:~$ /home/hts/picons# ls -lah | head
-bash: /home/hts/picons#: No such file or directory

hts@Synology_DS713:~$

Datafreak -

The message says "No such file or directory". This means something was not found or maybe you have not the right to access it.

Maybe you got an error or so after on of the steps.

As I wrote, you use a different system so maybe the steps on your system are also different.
So you have to find your own work to get it to run.

Piotr Kuchciak

I search ikon in folder /home/hts/picons for channel TVP Polonia. This icon name has: 1_0_1_5A46_E7_270F_FFFF0000_0_0_0.png

In TVHeadend path to picons for this channel has: picon://1_0_16_21_3_2268_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png

It is diferent. I changed to: picon://1_0_1_5A46_E7_270F_FFFF0000_0_0_0.png and it works.

But why name was different ?

Datafreak -

I can not tell you, why the name is different.
Maybe there was a bug and it is fixed. Please try the last version from Git.

Piotr Kuchciak

I use latest git.

maybe i should send an issue...

Piotr Kuchciak

That i post to add this function...

https://tvheadend.org/issues/2393

It is propably problem that i use TV Cabel which stream in DVB-T. Yes DVB-T not DVB-C :)

Sascha Schmidt

I used the howto to add the picons. That worked very well. I can see the I icons within the EPG.
But how do I access these I icons from outside? The iconname is provided by icon_url. But which http path has to be accessed?

ProfYaffle

'access... from outside'? How do you mean?

XBMC will - for example - ask tvheadend for the icons. Also, anything else can still point to the underlying icons through a URI or folder/directory path dependent on where you've put them and what protocols you're using.

gary tan

Thanks Data Freak for the great guide. Does anyone know if picons like these have been created for radio stations?