TV channel logos (1 Viewer)

[cbe37]

MP1.2.0RC on W7 HTPC

1) The Freeview channel "5 Star" is represented in the TV guide as "5*". How do I implement a logo with this name - * is a special character!

2) TV channel logos are rectangular - at least they all are at freeview.co.uk - and are shown as such in MP except in the TV Search facility where they are square and squashed - could this be changed?

 

[mm1352000]

Hi cbe37

1) The Freeview channel "5 Star" is represented in the TV guide as "5*". How do I implement a logo with this name - * is a special character!

I believe the answer is to use an underscore ( _ ) character in place of the asterix.

2) TV channel logos are rectangular - at least they all are at freeview.co.uk - and are shown as such in MP except in the TV Search facility where they are square and squashed - could this be changed?

That would be a question for the design team. I'll bring this thread to their attention.

[Edit: as a quick fix (which may not be correct), you can edit the mytvsearch.xml file:

XP, default = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Default
XP, default wide = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\DefaultWide
Vista/7, default = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\Default
Vista/7, default wide = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\DefaultWide

Change as follows:

<control>
<description>scheduler recordings listcontrol</description>
...
<keepaspectratio>yes</keepaspectratio>
...
</control>

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[cbe37]

Many thanks for the prompt reply.

Both your answers work fine!

 

[cbe37]

My previous reply wasn't quite right: the TV channel logos were fine when searching by title, but were still square and squashed when searching by genre. So, experimentally, I also changed keepaspectratio from no to yes in the previous control in mytvsearch.xml - i.e. in <description>listcontrol</description> - and this worked fine; so these two changes to keepaspectratio have done the job with no other adverse effects that I've discovered.