LogoManager 1.0.0.3 [27-11-2022] (10 Viewers)

[DragonQ]

So you just get the logos from the existing logo packs? In that case, why are there many missing? I'm missing these when using LogoManager:

Challenge +1
E4 +1
Channel 5 +1
Pick TV +1
CBS Reality +1
Horror Channel +1
More>Movies +1
BET
Food Network +1
BBC One NI HD
BBC One Wales HD
BBC One Scotland HD
BBC One London
Motors TV
Liverpool FC TV
Al Jazeera
Movies4Men +1
Sony Movies +1
Pop Girl
Chart Show Dance
Greatest Hits TV
BBC Red Button HD

I had all of these logos in the old pack. I'm guessing some of them are missing because the names don't match exactly what's on satellite (these are sometimes even different on Freeview), in which case how will the LogoManager handle these channels? At least before I could rename files as appropriate but now I don't have the files to rename.

 

[ibmonkey]

@ibmonkey
have you had time to test this plugin?

Sorry not had time to test yet, should have time over the weekend. Thanks again, and I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Vasilich]

I'm guessing some of them are missing because the names don't match exactly what's on satellite (these are sometimes even different on Freeview)

ask logopack maintainer (link in my prev.post) to add channel name aliases to existing logos if they are available in pack, or add new logos otherwise.

We haven't made it possible for end users to keep local copy of mapping file, but if you think that this feature will be used often - then we can consider to implement it same way as we did with logo files (i.e. check if local copy is older as the one on logopack website, and if yes - then download and overwrite local copy).

 

[Jasmeet_181]

So you just get the logos from the existing logo packs? In that case, why are there many missing? I'm missing these when using LogoManager:

I am receiving all of these logos. Can you post an export file in the UK thread or compare your channel names against the item names in this mapping file? Have you edited any of them?

 

[DragonQ]

Yes I have changed the names of some channels. Some +1 channels have a space before the +1, some do not, so I have made them consistent. Satellite channel names are also very limited in terms of the number of characters, which makes them messy. MediaPortal has no such limit so sensible naming can be used.

The names of +1 channels are not consistent between Freeview and satellite, so there will still be conflicts even for those who haven't changed their channel names. For this reason, there has to be some kind of mapping option.

 

[Vasilich]

Some +1 channels have a space before the +1, some do not, so I have made them consistent.

this plugin aimed to grab all possible logos after scanning, not requiring to rename channels at all. so if you renamed them manually - then it is up to you how do you manage to get logos for those names that nobody knows.
But i will consider to allow to keep edited mapping file locally.

 

[DragonQ]

Some +1 channels have a space before the +1, some do not, so I have made them consistent.

this plugin aimed to grab all possible logos after scanning, not requiring to rename channels at all.

As I said, combining channels from different sources will choose one of the two names if they are different. Manually renaming channels is not the only way to break this plugin.

so if you renamed them manually - then it is up to you how do you manage to get logos for those names that nobody knows.

I have renamed logos manually for 2 years, but I cannot do that with this plugin because it doesn't even download the ones I need.

But i will consider to allow to keep edited mapping file locally.

This would likely work but I'm not sure how additions should be handled.

 

[Jasmeet_181]

LogoManager does allow a number of different names for each logo and Freeview and satellite are mapped correctly for the UK as far as I know.

To create your own custom mapping download the LogoMapping.xml file from the repo. Go to your \ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal folder and open LogoManager.config. Find the "Mapping_AltURL" field for the British Pack and add a UNC path to the mapping file e.g.

<Mapping_AltURL>\\<Computer name>\Users\<User name>\Desktop\LogoMapping.xml</Mapping_AltURL>

Then you can add/edit your own Item Names , there is an example of how to do this in the first post of this thread.

 

[Vasilich]

combining channels from different sources will choose one of the two names if they are different

this will work if both names are present in mapping file

 

[Edalex]

I've been thinking of some kind of channels renaming automatization for a long time. It's very esy to write plugin for renaming channels according to some schema but it will lead to channels dupes after next rescan since tv server can think that this channel is not the same as new one. So I think that we should extend channels db table and split channel name there into two fields: original channel name and visible channel name. So i.e LogoManager could match logos for original channel names but we could see nice clean names in mp gui. BUt on the other hand tv server could update channel tuning details without problems.
But I'm afraid mm said that tvserver compare channels by SID+PID so my post is some kind of nonsense.