Parental Ratings - Use BBFC Rating Symbols

[abroadhursthall 0]

I'd really like to be able to display the correct BBFC rating symbol for content, in place of the text rating.

E.g. Instead of displaying GB-15, it would display the corresponding BBFC rating symbol.

That would make the parental rating quicker to identify at a glance, and would negate the need for plugins such as EmbyIcons. EmbyIcons is good, but only works by overlaying posters, and sometimes the icon covers the content title on the poster.

[Luke 42813]

Hi, in theory yes it's a good idea. The problem with that icon though is that once you size it down to match the line of text that it's being displayed on, the 15 inside the circle would probably end up being tiny.

[abroadhursthall 0]

I guess it depends on the platform it’s viewed on.

I used to have RasPlex on a raspberry pi, modified to use the icon instead. It was only slightly bigger than the text, but for people used to seeing the icon (which is pretty much the whole of my country lol) it was quite useful.

I didn’t realise when I posted how massive the PNG was

Im using EmbyIcons at the moment, and though they are small and on the poster, they are more quickly recognisable. I’ve attached some examples.

Perhaps an option to turn icons on, for those who want them?

Edit: Because the BBFC icons are different colours and shapes, hardly anyone here actually reads the number, as we can recognise the rating from the colours and shapes alone  

Edited 4 hours ago by abroadhursthall

[crusher11 1240]

Those aren't even the logos anymore. The current ones are far more readable at a small size, I would imagine.

The same is true of the Australian ratings logos.

[ebr 16549]

Even on the big poster it is very hard to read that tiny badge.

The text is just way more clear.