ebr 16184 Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 The images aren't hard-coded so much as they are sourced from the channel provider - usually. That TED one for the main podcast folder I think is a default provided by the plug-in. Perhaps we could make it so that channel folders would source their images via the IBN if none are provided by the channel itself...? @@Luke
Solution Luke 42078 Posted July 9, 2014 Solution Posted July 9, 2014 you can customize your channel images using the web interface, and that will work just fine. 2
ebr 16184 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 I'm not sure you can do that with channel content because it is all dynamic and provided within the channel infrastructure...
markshu 8 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 I've created a set of generic 'orange broadcast' logo images for the podcast channel (folder,thumb,backdrop) and put them in what I *thought* was the correct ImagesByName GUID folder, but they are not showing up in either MBC or the web client. Where am I supposed to put them for them to show up properly in the clients?
markshu 8 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Ah, there it is ... thanks! I normally only use the web interface to access the settings or the metadata manager, so I didn't think to navigate to the content first via the web UI. Sent from my RM-820_nam_att_100 using Tapatalk
markshu 8 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Hmmm. Does this means I have to assume that the three images associated with a channel or channel plugin is hard coded into an internal resource file and cannot be customized? I can certainly find the images used in the ImagesByName folder structure. The reason I was trying this is that, currently, the Podcasts channel has no folder image and uses a 'Talks By Ted' podcast image for the backdrop and thumb images. I've created a replacement set that implements the generic 'orange podcast logo' image in the proper orientation and wanted to use those instead. I can certainly send them to you if you like for evaluation. The lack of a folder image for the Podcasts channel makes that section of the UI look ... incomplete at best.
ebr 16184 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 you can customize your channel images using the web interface, and that will work just fine. Oh, okay. I didn't think we could do that at the channel item/folder level because they would get replaced on the next channel refresh.
Luke 42078 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 i will make sure channel images are retained. channel content though is a little different.
ebr 16184 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 i will make sure channel images are retained. channel content though is a little different. Okay, so that's what I thought. In the case of podcasts - is each individual podcast a separate channel, or a just a folder within a channel?
Luke 42078 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 no, it's within the folder. maybe snazy can rework it at some point.
ebr 16184 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 Okay, so back around to the original issue then - modifying those images isn't gonna stick, right?
Luke 42078 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 for channel items, they'll stick, for a while, until the plugin makes a change or fixes a bug that requires fresh data.
markshu 8 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Here's the set of the Podcasts logo images I made if you want to include them for the next update of the plugin. PodcastIcons.zip
Vicpa 611 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Hi Maybe someone can move this post to fanart ? I like and use the art from the plugin catalog page for the podcast thumb and backdrop, orange thing with headphones. markshu's are very nice as well.
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