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<blockquote data-quote="elliottmc" data-source="post: 862100" data-attributes="member: 14268">Hi Andy,&nbsp;I am afraid that I am having trouble with the EPG colouring. I installed and added the Avalon skin from post 3 (4/21, 3779).&nbsp;I copied this:&nbsp;[code]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;genremap&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Documentary&quot;&gt;Docudrama&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Kids&quot;&gt;Children,Children-music,Children-special&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Movie&quot;&gt;&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Music&quot;&gt;Music special&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;News&quot;&gt;Bus./financial,Newsmagazine&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Other&quot;&gt;Action,Drama,Horror,Musical,Musical comedy,Mystery,Romance-comedy,Western,Adults only,Adventure,Agriculture,Animals,Animated,Anime,Anthology,Art,Arts/crafts,Auction,Auto,Aviation,Biography,Card games,Collectibles,Comedy,Comedy-drama,Community,Computers,Consumer,Cooking,Crime,Crime drama,Dance,Debate,Educational,Entertainment,Environment,Fantasy,Fashion,Fundraiser,Game show,Gaming,Gay/lesbian,Health,Historical drama,History,Holiday,Home improvement,House/garden,How-to,Hunting,Interview,Law,Medical,Military,Mixed martial arts,Motorcycle,Nature,Outdoors,Paranormal,Parenting,Politics,Public affairs,Reality,Religious,Rodeo,Romance,Science,Science fiction,Self improvement,Shopping,Sitcom,Soap,Soap talk,Spanish,Sports talk,Standup,Suspense,Technology,Travel,Variety,War,Weather&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Special&quot;&gt;Miniseries,Music talk,Talk&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Sports&quot;&gt;Action sports,Aerobics,Archery,Auto racing,Baseball,Basketball,Boxing,Equestrian,Exercise,Fishing,Football,Golf,Gymnastics,Hockey,Martial arts,Motorcycle racing,Motorsports,Pro wrestling,Shooting,Skateboarding,Skiing,Snowboarding,Soccer,Sports event,Sports non-event,Surfing,Tennis,Wrestling&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Watercraft&quot;&gt;Boat&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Boats&quot;&gt;&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;genreoptions&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;specifympaaratedasmovie&quot;&gt;yes&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;[/code]&nbsp;into MediaPortal.xml&nbsp;Okay, I'll be honest, I don't think of 'Boats' and 'Watercraft' as program genres. It also looks as though the 'Movie' mapping is not done here.&nbsp;Either way, I don't get any EPG colouring.&nbsp;That is basically because the genres you have specified don't tie in with the genres I have in my EPG.&nbsp;If I use&nbsp;[code]&nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;genremap&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genrenames&quot;&gt;Documentary,Kids,Movie,Music,News,Other,Special,Sports&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Documentary&quot;&gt;Docudrama&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Kids&quot;&gt;childrens's/youth program (general)&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Movie&quot;&gt;movie/drama (general)&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Music&quot;&gt;Music special&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;News&quot;&gt;news/current affairs (general)&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Other&quot;&gt;show/game show (general)&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Special&quot;&gt;Miniseries,Music talk,Talk&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Sports&quot;&gt;sports (general)&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;[/code]&nbsp;Then it works fine.&nbsp;When I then enter 'MediaPortal Configuration.exe', I see the attached screenshot, and there seems to be no way to edit the colours. Everything is black, and clicking on the colours, or on the 'on now color' or 'on later color' buttons does not do anything.&nbsp;After exiting, I see the following section in MediaPortal.exe&nbsp;[code]&nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;tvguidecolors&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorchannelbutton&quot;&gt;FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorchannelbuttonselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorgroupbutton&quot;&gt;FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorgroupbuttonselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorprogramselected&quot;&gt;FF008000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorprogramended&quot;&gt;FF808080&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;guidecolorborderhighlight&quot;&gt;99FFFFFF&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;defaultgenre&quot;&gt;FF1D355B,FF0E517B&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;genrenames&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Documentary&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Kids&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Movie&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Music&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;News&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Other&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Special&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Sports&quot;&gt;00000000,00000000&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;[/code]&nbsp;so all colours are black (zero). However, EPG colouring still works okay, so presumably it is still taking the colours from the skin.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please don't take this as overly critical, but this (superb) feature is going to confuse the hell out of people.&nbsp;If I add a genre in MediaPortal config, I don't seem to get the chance to assign ant text to it.&nbsp;Suggestions to make life easier for version 1 of this so we can have it in 1.3.0alpha.&nbsp;1. Make it easy to change the text associated with a particular genre, so that a user can map this easily to their own EPG. I don't think you need 'mapped/unmapped genres unless you are able to pull them from the TV server, which I don't think config can do. You just need to have an editable text box that the user can type or paste into.&nbsp;2.The EPG colours either need to be set by the user or by the skin. It can't be a combination of the two. I would say that they should ONLY be in MediaPortal.xml, because the skin does not know what genres the user wants to have.&nbsp;I have an alternative suggestion.&nbsp;1. Limit the number of genres and have the option to localise the strings. That way you can have the genre names hard-coded in the skin, because localisation will take care of it. In this case, don't bother adding the ability to edit the genre colours, since the skin designer will probably do a better job and we can then document how to edit this for the very keen user (and implement it within config later if needed).&nbsp;&nbsp;Again, even though these comments are critical of the way this feature has been implemented, please don't think that I am being negative. This is an important but complex addition to MP. Right now, it doesn't seem to work too well, but it can be made to work with very few changes.&nbsp;Best wishes,&nbsp;Mark&nbsp;PS. No issues noticed with the other skin changes. Everything seems to be working perfectly! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="elliottmc, post: 862100, member: 14268"] Hi Andy, I am afraid that I am having trouble with the EPG colouring. I installed and added the Avalon skin from post 3 (4/21, 3779). I copied this: [code] <section name="genremap"> <entry name="Documentary">Docudrama</entry> <entry name="Kids">Children,Children-music,Children-special</entry> <entry name="Movie"></entry> <entry name="Music">Music special</entry> <entry name="News">Bus./financial,Newsmagazine</entry> <entry name="Other">Action,Drama,Horror,Musical,Musical comedy,Mystery,Romance-comedy,Western,Adults only,Adventure,Agriculture,Animals,Animated,Anime,Anthology,Art,Arts/crafts,Auction,Auto,Aviation,Biography,Card games,Collectibles,Comedy,Comedy-drama,Community,Computers,Consumer,Cooking,Crime,Crime drama,Dance,Debate,Educational,Entertainment,Environment,Fantasy,Fashion,Fundraiser,Game show,Gaming,Gay/lesbian,Health,Historical drama,History,Holiday,Home improvement,House/garden,How-to,Hunting,Interview,Law,Medical,Military,Mixed martial arts,Motorcycle,Nature,Outdoors,Paranormal,Parenting,Politics,Public affairs,Reality,Religious,Rodeo,Romance,Science,Science fiction,Self improvement,Shopping,Sitcom,Soap,Soap talk,Spanish,Sports talk,Standup,Suspense,Technology,Travel,Variety,War,Weather</entry> <entry name="Special">Miniseries,Music talk,Talk</entry> <entry name="Sports">Action sports,Aerobics,Archery,Auto racing,Baseball,Basketball,Boxing,Equestrian,Exercise,Fishing,Football,Golf,Gymnastics,Hockey,Martial arts,Motorcycle racing,Motorsports,Pro wrestling,Shooting,Skateboarding,Skiing,Snowboarding,Soccer,Sports event,Sports non-event,Surfing,Tennis,Wrestling</entry> <entry name="Watercraft">Boat</entry> <entry name="Boats"></entry> </section> <section name="genreoptions"> <entry name="specifympaaratedasmovie">yes</entry> </section> [/code] into MediaPortal.xml Okay, I'll be honest, I don't think of 'Boats' and 'Watercraft' as program genres. It also looks as though the 'Movie' mapping is not done here. Either way, I don't get any EPG colouring. That is basically because the genres you have specified don't tie in with the genres I have in my EPG. If I use [code] <section name="genremap"> <entry name="genrenames">Documentary,Kids,Movie,Music,News,Other,Special,Sports</entry> <entry name="Documentary">Docudrama</entry> <entry name="Kids">childrens's/youth program (general)</entry> <entry name="Movie">movie/drama (general)</entry> <entry name="Music">Music special</entry> <entry name="News">news/current affairs (general)</entry> <entry name="Other">show/game show (general)</entry> <entry name="Special">Miniseries,Music talk,Talk</entry> <entry name="Sports">sports (general)</entry> </section> [/code] Then it works fine. When I then enter 'MediaPortal Configuration.exe', I see the attached screenshot, and there seems to be no way to edit the colours. Everything is black, and clicking on the colours, or on the 'on now color' or 'on later color' buttons does not do anything. After exiting, I see the following section in MediaPortal.exe [code] <section name="tvguidecolors"> <entry name="guidecolorchannelbutton">FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="guidecolorchannelbuttonselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorgroupbutton">FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="guidecolorgroupbuttonselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorprogramselected">FF008000</entry> <entry name="guidecolorprogramended">FF808080</entry> <entry name="guidecolorborderhighlight">99FFFFFF</entry> <entry name="defaultgenre">FF1D355B,FF0E517B</entry> <entry name="genrenames">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Documentary">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Kids">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Movie">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Music">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="News">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Other">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Special">00000000,00000000</entry> <entry name="Sports">00000000,00000000</entry> </section> [/code] so all colours are black (zero). However, EPG colouring still works okay, so presumably it is still taking the colours from the skin. Please don't take this as overly critical, but this (superb) feature is going to confuse the hell out of people. If I add a genre in MediaPortal config, I don't seem to get the chance to assign ant text to it. Suggestions to make life easier for version 1 of this so we can have it in 1.3.0alpha. 1. Make it easy to change the text associated with a particular genre, so that a user can map this easily to their own EPG. I don't think you need 'mapped/unmapped genres unless you are able to pull them from the TV server, which I don't think config can do. You just need to have an editable text box that the user can type or paste into. 2.The EPG colours either need to be set by the user or by the skin. It can't be a combination of the two. I would say that they should ONLY be in MediaPortal.xml, because the skin does not know what genres the user wants to have. I have an alternative suggestion. 1. Limit the number of genres and have the option to localise the strings. That way you can have the genre names hard-coded in the skin, because localisation will take care of it. In this case, don't bother adding the ability to edit the genre colours, since the skin designer will probably do a better job and we can then document how to edit this for the very keen user (and implement it within config later if needed). Again, even though these comments are critical of the way this feature has been implemented, please don't think that I am being negative. This is an important but complex addition to MP. Right now, it doesn't seem to work too well, but it can be made to work with very few changes. Best wishes, Mark PS. No issues noticed with the other skin changes. Everything seems to be working perfectly! :) [/QUOTE]

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