Idea: Port LogoManager into common library and use it inside MP2-Server plugin (4 Viewers)

[morpheus_xx]

Ok, here it is: the first test plugin using the new LogoManager repository and library!

(We currently have only one logo for my available channels )

I've attached a MP2-Server plugin to replace the existing SlimTV.Resources plugin. You will only get so many logos as are listed here: http://channellogos.nocrosshair.de/ListChannels.aspx.

But downloading and processing already works well, we only need to fill the repo.

Again my question to @Vasilich, @Edalex and @offbyone, how can we easily migrate content to new service?
We need as many information from source as possible and should avoid redundancies of logos.

Edit:
Sources pushed to: https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-2/commit/d2d3724271e5

 

[offbyone]

I would like links to all the current mapping files, so I can take a look at them and try to see how an importer will work.

 

[Edalex]

http://mediaportal-swedish-tv-radio-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-russian-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml
http://deutsches-logo-pack.googlecode.com/git/Realase/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-swiss-rtv-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml
http://mp-dutch-rtv-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-uk-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-france-rtv-logos.googlecode.com/svn/Trunk/LOGOS/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-ukrainian.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Logos/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-israel-dvb-t-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml
http://mediaportal-nz-logos.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/LogoMapping.xml

 

[offbyone]

Here a few samples I picked out of all the xmls to discuss the meaning:

  <Channel>
    <Item Name="Amazing Life">
      <Satellite>36E+</Satellite>
      <Satellite>36E3k</Satellite>
    </Item>
    <Item Name="AM LIFE">
      <Satellite>Cable</Satellite>
    </Item>
    <File>amazing_life.png</File>
  </Channel>
  <Channel>
    <Item Name="Amedia Premium HD">
      <Satellite>36E+</Satellite>
    </Item>
    <Item Name="Amedia Premium">
      <Provider>HTB+</Provider>
    </Item>
    <File>AMedia_Premium_HD.png</File>
  </Channel>
  <Channel>
    <Item Name="13th Street" />
    <Item Name="13 th Street" />
    <Item Name="13 th Street (KD)" />
    <File>13th Street.png</File>
  </Channel>
  <Channel>
    <Item Name="1 contre 100">
      <Satellite />
    </Item>
    <File>1 contre 100.png</File>
  </Channel>

A Channel has 1 or more Item (which are in the new DB Alias) and always one File (which is the Logo in the new DB).
The Item has a contre attribute, what does that mean? I am guessing it can be skipped?

The Item has children: Satellite or Provider (both 1 or more times).
We haven't specified these in the new DB. If I remember correctly, you said you are not using this info, or MP is not providing it?
Should I incorporate the provider/satellite in the new DB?

Is the logo always a png? Or should I be prepared to download gif, jpg?

 

[morpheus_xx]

The Item has a contre attribute, what does that mean? I am guessing it can be skipped?

Did you misread this? To me it looks like part of the name itself.

Is the logo always a png?

At least I would enforce PNG only.

 

[Edalex]

The Item has children: Satellite or Provider (both 1 or more times).

Yeah, we didn't use Satellite/Provider in plugin's code that's why is not unified but this field helped to understand where is alias came from. Originally we used Satellite but decide that is should calls Provider.
I meant such field asking you about Origin field in your db here:

1) "Origin" should be not for file but for alias. So we could known in which cable network/on which satellite this channels has such name.

Is the logo always a png? Or should I be prepared to download gif, jpg?

File format should properly handle tranceparency so bmp, jpg, gif is not our choice.

 

[offbyone]

Did you misread this? To me it looks like part of the name itself.

Woops yes Scratch that question.

File format should properly handle tranceparency so bmp, jpg, gif is not our choice.

My question was: When writing the importer, is this always a png? Or do I need to code something that takes care of other file formats? I did not check every File tag in all xmls

The Origin is a property for a Logo to define the image origin/source.

When I write the importer and skip the Provider tag, then this info is gone after we switched to new DB. But if we don't use it anyway we can skip this?

 

[Edalex]

My question was: When writing the importer, is this always a png? Or do I need to code something that takes care of other file formats? I did not check every File tag in all xmls

Yes, i got it. Just to confirm, PNG only.

When I write the importer and skip the Provider tag, then this info is gone after we switched to new DB. But if we don't use it anyway we can skip this?

Well, it's your choice to have it in new db or skip it. My personal opinion that it could be helpful.

 

[Vasilich]

My personal opinion that it could be helpful.

have to agree here - it helped me several times to understand where the alias came from (especially in Germany almost every cable provider tries to name channels in its own way, so this provider info helps - check german mapping file)

 

[morpheus_xx]

Update: I have created a NuGet package and chefkoch published it to our nuget feed: https://www.myget.org/gallery/mediaportal. This should make integration into other projects very easy.

I've updated the SlimTV.Resources plugin already to use the nuget package. Everything is working well