All the full resolution channel logos and their link to the actual channel (=serviceref) are kept up2date in this repository. The end result are picons for Enigma2 tuners and Kodi mediacenter in combination with a compatible PVR backend.
Supported platforms: Ubuntu / Debian (recent versions) and WSL2 running either of the two.
WSL2 note: Clone the repository into your Linux home directory (e.g.
~/picons), not into a Windows-mounted path like/mnt/c/. Storing the files on the Linux filesystem gives significantly better I/O performance and avoids permission and symlink issues that arise when working across the WSL2/Windows boundary. You can still access the output files from Windows via the UNC path\\wsl$\<distro>\home\<your-username>\picons\build-outputin File Explorer.
Download the repository by using one of the following commands:
# Install dependencies (Ubuntu / Debian / WSL2)
sudo apt-get install git binutils pngquant imagemagick librsvg2-bin jq
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/picons/picons.git ~/piconsNext, copy the required files to the folder build-input.
We will start the creation of the servicelist and the picons with the following commands:
cd ~/picons
./1-build-servicelist.sh
./2-build-picons.shTake a look at the folder build-output for the results.
TIP: To automate the building process, you can also use some of the following commands:
./1-build-servicelist.sh utf8snp
./1-build-servicelist.sh snp
./1-build-servicelist.sh srp
./2-build-picons.sh utf8snp
./2-build-picons.sh snp
./2-build-picons.sh srp
./2-build-picons.sh utf8snp-full
./2-build-picons.sh snp-full
./2-build-picons.sh srp-fullThe idea behind SNP is that a simplified name derived from the channel name is used to lookup a channel logo. The idea and code was first implemented by OpenVIX for the Enigma2 tuners. Any developer currently using the serviceref method as a way to lookup a logo and would like to implement this alternative, can find the code used to generate the simplified name at the OpenVIX github repository.
The problem with Service Name Picons is that the code in Enigma2 only allowed a-z and 0-9 and no other characters such as + , &, *, ( and others This is ok for channels that use the western alphabet without accents or special characters but not for Arabic ( اسم قناتي ) or Bulgarian ( Диема ХД ) or even western European ( Áèíöúñ ).
Following a dedicated OpenPLi commit merged in April 2024, the picon code was updated to support unicode names, overcoming the limitations of SNP.
More details about UTF8 here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8
Copy your enigma2 folder, probably located in /etc on your box into this folder.
Prerequisites: Before using the generator with TvHeadend, you must enable picons in the server by defining a destination folder under Configuration -> General -> Base. Without this step the generator will not work.
Use the servers API and directly ask the server about all channels by creating a file called tvheadend.serverconf. The file can contain the following values:
# hostname or ip address of tvheadend server (default: "localhost")
TVH_HOST="localhost"
# port of tvheadend API (default: 9981)
TVH_PORT="9981"
# tvheadend user name
TVH_USER=""
# tvheadend password of above user
TVH_PASS=""
# tvheadend http_root setting
TVH_HTTP_ROOT=""Only the values which are different from the default values are required. For most people this will be a file with a single host name or host IP address.
TVH_HOST="my.tvheadend.server"If you're running TvHeadend on the same machine, even an empty file (defaulting to localhost) should be sufficient.
If you're using VDR together with the Kodi addon xvdr, copy your channels.conf file to this folder.
A file backgrounds.conf should be placed in this folder. If no file is found, the default file will be used. The default file is located at build-source/config/backgrounds.conf and is a good starting point: copy it to build-input/ and uncomment the lines you want to build.
Syntax:
<resolution>;<resolution-padding>;<logotype>;<background>
The default configuration looks like this:
###########################################################
### Copy this file to the folder 'build-input' ###
### Remove or comment the lines you don't want to build ###
###########################################################
# 70x53;62x45;dark;blue
# 70x53;62x45;dark;reflection
# 70x53;62x45;dark;transparent
# 70x53;62x45;dark;white
# 70x53;62x45;light;black
# 70x53;62x45;light;transparent
# 100x60;86x46;dark;blue
100x60;86x46;dark;reflection
100x60;86x46;dark;transparent
# 100x60;86x46;dark;white
# 100x60;86x46;light;black
100x60;86x46;light;transparent
# 220x132;190x102;dark;blue
220x132;190x102;dark;reflection
220x132;190x102;dark;transparent
# 220x132;220x132;dark;transparent
# 220x132;190x102;dark;white
# 220x132;190x102;light;black
220x132;190x102;light;transparent
# 220x132;220x132;light;transparent
# 256x256;226x226;light;transparent
# 256x256;226x226;dark;reflection
# 256x256;226x226;light;grey
# 400x170;370x140;dark;transparent
# 400x240;370x210;dark;blue
# 400x240;370x210;light;transparent
# 400x240;400x240;light;transparent
# 800x450;760x410;light;transparentThis folder will contain the output from the build. Similar to the files servicelist-enigma2-snp.txt and servicelist-enigma2-srp.txt. The picon binaries are also saved in this folder.
Possible output files and folders:
binaries-utf8snp/
binaries-snp/
binaries-srp/
servicelist-enigma2-utf8snp.txt
servicelist-enigma2-snp.txt
servicelist-enigma2-srp.txt
servicelist-tvheadend-filemode-snp.txt
servicelist-tvheadend-filemode-srp.txt
servicelist-tvheadend-servermode-snp.txt
servicelist-tvheadend-servermode-srp.txt
servicelist-vdr-snp.txt
servicelist-vdr-srp.txtThis is where all the channel logos go and how they are linked to the serviceref or a simplified version of the name. Backgrounds and the default backgrounds.conf file (in build-source/config/) can also be found in this directory.
Some additional files.