All the full resolution channel logos and their link to the actual channel (=serviceref) are kept up2date in this repository. The end result are picons for Enigma2 tuners and Kodi mediacenter in combination with a compatible PVR backend.
Ubuntu and Cygwin on Windows are tested and supported platforms for building the picons.
Download the repository by using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/picons/picons-source.git /tmp/picons-source
Next, copy the required files to the folder build-input.
We will start the creation of the servicelist and the picons with the following commands:
cd /tmp/picons-source
./1-build-servicelist.sh
./2-build-picons.sh
Take a look at the folder build-output for the results.
TIP: To automate the building process, you can also use some of the following commands:
./1-build-servicelist.sh snp
./1-build-servicelist.sh srp
./2-build-picons.sh snp
./2-build-picons.sh srp
./2-build-picons.sh snp-full
./2-build-picons.sh srp-full
So you would like to contribute? Have a look here, just so you'll know the rules.
The idea behind SNP is that a simplified name derived from the channel name is used to lookup a channel logo. The idea and code was first implemented by OpenVIX for the Enigma2 tuners. Any developer currently using the serviceref method as a way to lookup a logo and would like to implement this alternative, can find the code used to generate the simplified name at the OpenVIX github repository.
Copy your enigma2
folder, probably located in /etc
on your box into this folder.
TvHeadend users, have two options:
-
Use the server generated configuration files by copying your
tvheadend
configuration folder, probably located in/home/hts/.hts
on your server into this folder. -
Use the servers API and directly ask the server about all channels by creating a file called
tvheadend.serverconf
.
The first option has the advantage to work even without a running server. The advantage of the second option is that you don't have to copy files around, automatically you'll have the most accurate channel list and it's about 20% faster.
The file tvheadend.serverconf
can contain the following values:
# hostname or ip address of tvheadend server (default: "localhost")
TVH_HOST="localhost"
# port of tvheadend API (default: 9981)
TVH_PORT="9981"
# tvheadend user name
TVH_USER=""
# tvheadend password of above user
TVH_PASS=""
Only the values which are different from the default values are required. For most people this will be a file with a single host name or host IP address.
TVH_HOST="my.tvheadend.server"
If you're running TvHeadend on the same machine, even an empty file (defaulting to localhost
) should be sufficient.
If you're using VDR together with the Kodi addon xvdr, copy your channels.conf
file to this folder.
A file backgrounds.conf
should be placed in this folder. If no file is found, the default file will be used.
Syntax:
<resolution>;<resolution-padding>;<logotype>;<background>
Example:
# My own awesome settings
100x60;86x46;dark;reflection
100x60;100x60;default;transparent
100x60;100x60;light;transparent
# My commented settings
#800x450;800x450;light;transparent
This folder will contain the output from the build. Similar to the files servicelist-enigma2-snp and servicelist-enigma2-srp. The picon binaries are also saved in this folder.
Possible output files and folders:
binaries-snp/
binaries-srp/
servicelist-enigma2-snp
servicelist-enigma2-srp
servicelist-tvheadend-filemode-snp
servicelist-tvheadend-filemode-srp
servicelist-tvheadend-servermode-snp
servicelist-tvheadend-servermode-srp
servicelist-vdr-snp
servicelist-vdr-srp
This is where all the channel logos go and how they are linked to the serviceref or a simplified version of the name. Backgrounds and the default backgrounds.conf
file can also be found in this directory.
Some additional scripts used by the main scripts.