Idea: Port LogoManager into common library and use it inside MP2-Server plugin (3 Viewers)

[offbyone]

So, progress on my end:
I cleared the old DB and Logos we suggested for testing
I added the Provider to the object model as an object attached to an Alias
I wrote an importer for the mapping files
I did the import of the German logos.

So you should see them in MP2 now

 

[morpheus_xx]

Amazing, works perfectly! Entering a channel group and few seconds later you get the rendered logos
Thanks! (I couldn't wait to test this, even before breakfast )

 

[FreakyJ]

Amazing job! MP2 gets greater and greater

 

[offbyone]

06:33 in the morning, ouch Not my time.

 

[mbuzina]

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.

How about XAML and SVG? Should be ideal for logos.

 

[Vasilich]

xaml is not a picture format,
and SVG - good if you don't have gradients. Moreover, i haven't found any svg library that generates good PNGs - most of them are based on RSVG, that produces slightly less sharp images comparing to Inkscape.

 

[morpheus_xx]

One more question to the "raw" logo images: are they already padded to square images?

For using 16:9 templates this would be bad, because resizing logic would make them smaller based on height limit. You see this issue in 1st screenshot above (DasErsteHD) and 3rd (Sat.1). While I have to adjust theme for better size constraints, the "padding" is still an issue.

Or is there any "autocrop" routine, that crops the image to the non-transparent pixels only?

 

[morpheus_xx]

A quick google search found this solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4820212/automatically-trim-a-bitmap-to-minimum-size

So I'll add an "autocrop" filter to LogoManager today

 

[offbyone]

I only let the importer run, without checking the PNG if they are square. My question/suggestion would be:
Imho, all images should have the same size and format (square, 512x512, png)? We can put the task on the user to create an image with this specification.
I can enforce that in the importer and suggestion page.

 

[breese]

Have you all seen these sites and is it possible to use the logos?
http://cabletv.com/blog/tv-channel-logos-1/
http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tv/a_1.html