Request for updates for channel picons

[prl]

The most recent proper scan data I have for Bendigo dates from July 2016. In July 2019, I hand-modified the scan data to add Nine Bendigo, 9HD Bendigo & 9Life, and do some renaming so that picons for some of the other channels affected by the switchover of the broadcast arrangements for the regionals.

In the switchover, SCA carried Nine regional affiliates instead of Ten regional affiliates, and WIN carried Ten regional affiliates instead of Nine regional affiliates.

The modifications were by hand and may have errors, but if you are running firmware more recent than 20190712 you should have those changes.

I didn't check them thoroughly enough, some of the NINE and WIN services are there as service type 0x01 whereas the scan has them as 0x16 or 0x19.

The new picon setup for Bendigo, based on the scan data that driva posted, has been added to the picon repository. The new picon setup should be available in the next firmware update, or if you're impatient, there are ways of bootlegging it.

I don't have a good tool for comparing differences between the setups, but using diff between the old and new picondefs files, it looks like some of the Ten services (carried on WIN) may have been fixed by the update, and it has certainly fixed the picons for SBN, Sky News on WIN, Prime7 HD and 7flix in Bendigo.

Those differences are beyond just having the wrong service type in the picon setup, which should not, just by itself, cause any missing picons.

[driva]

The most recent proper scan data I have for Bendigo dates from July 2016. In July 2019, I hand-modified the scan data to add Nine Bendigo, 9HD Bendigo & 9Life, and do some renaming so that picons for some of the other channels affected by the switchover of the broadcast arrangements for the regionals.

In the switchover, SCA carried Nine regional affiliates instead of Ten regional affiliates, and WIN carried Ten regional affiliates instead of Nine regional affiliates.

The modifications were by hand and may have errors, but if you are running firmware more recent than 20190712 you should have those changes.

I didn't check them thoroughly enough, some of the NINE and WIN services are there as service type 0x01 whereas the scan has them as 0x16 or 0x19.

The new picon setup for Bendigo, based on the scan data that driva posted, has been added to the picon repository. The new picon setup should be available in the next firmware update, or if you're impatient, there are ways of bootlegging it.

I don't have a good tool for comparing differences between the setups, but using diff between the old and new picondefs files, it looks like some of the Ten services (carried on WIN) may have been fixed by the update, and it has certainly fixed the picons for SBN, Sky News on WIN, Prime7 HD and 7flix in Bendigo.

Those differences are beyond just having the wrong service type in the picon setup, which should not, just by itself, cause any missing picons.

Thanks guys, if I go though all LCN Channels SBN, 7flix and Sky News on WIN are the only ones without any picons, which sound like they'll be incorporated now. Again, many thanks, I'll have a go at bootlegging it in the meantime,.

[prl]

It may take a day or two before IanSav has his picon feed updated.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

I noticed on my U4 that I lost the picons for most of the NINE services.
Even stranger was that when I zapped to Nine HD (from 7TWO) the picon from 7TWO was still displayed in the infobar.
A GUI restart fixed it.
Weird huh?

[prl]

I noticed on my U4 that I lost the picons for most of the NINE services.
Even stranger was that when I zapped to Nine HD (from 7TWO) the picon from 7TWO was still displayed in the infobar.
A GUI restart fixed it.
Weird huh?

Possibly the effects of image caching.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

Possibly the effects of image caching.

I jumped the gun, they aren't back. 9Gem HD Perth is the only one that displays. A reboot doesn't fix it.
Picons are present in flash -

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root@beyonwizu4:/# ls -al /picon/*460_1012*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            25 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_19_462_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9hd_wp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            28 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_19_465_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9gemhd_mp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            30 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_461_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/channel9_wp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            25 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_462_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9hd_wp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            25 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_463_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9go_lw.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            27 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_464_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9life_wp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            28 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_465_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9gemhd_mp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            30 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_466_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/channel9_wp.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_467_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9gem_lw.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            25 Jan 13 13:06 /picon/1_0_1_468_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/9go_lw.png
root@beyonwizu4:/#

OWIF wants to show this for 9Go!, but the image doesn't show (just a box with an "image icon" in the top left-hand corner) -
http://beyonwizu4/picon/1_0_1_463_460_1012_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png

Oh, I've just discovered why; the missing picons are zero-sized images.

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root@beyonwizu4:/picon/channel_picons# ls -al *9*
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000             0 Feb 14 14:09 9gem_lw.png
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000         10074 Jan 13 13:06 9gemhd_mp.png
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000             0 Feb 14 14:09 9go_lw.png
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000             0 Feb 14 14:09 9hd_wp.png
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000             0 Feb 14 14:09 9life_wp.png
-rw-r--r--    1 1000     1000             0 Feb 14 14:09 channel9_wp.png
root@beyonwizu4:/picon/channel_picons#

[prl]

That's strange. I assume that you're looking at the picon files as of the 14 Feb commit (b8d296c).

My (freshly-updated) clone of my branch of the picon repository doesn't have any zero-length Nine picon files (whew!):

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prl@Xerxes picons-australia % ls -l picon/channel_picons/*9*
-rw-r--r--  1 prl  staff   5783 Nov 29  2015 picon/channel_picons/9gem_lw.png
-rw-r--r--  1 prl  staff  10074 Jun 27  2019 picon/channel_picons/9gemhd_mp.png
-rw-r--r--  1 prl  staff   6845 Nov 29  2015 picon/channel_picons/9go_lw.png
-rw-r--r--  1 prl  staff   5293 Nov 29  2015 picon/channel_picons/9hd_wp.png
-rw-r--r--  1 prl  staff   6400 Nov 29  2015 picon/channel_picons/9life_wp.png
-rw-r--r--  1 prl  staff   8600 Nov 29  2015 picon/channel_picons/channel9_wp.png
prl@Xerxes picons-australia %

None of them show as zero length in the Bitbucket Web interface to either the main repository nor my clone.

How did they make their way to your U4?

[Grumpy_Geoff]

That's strange. I assume that you're looking at the picon files as of the 14 Feb commit (b8d296c).

No, they're still the picons as from the 7food to 7mate HD update. I don't think Ian has had the Bendigo stuff built yet.
I'm assuming I must have done "something" at 14:09 on Feb 14 to nuke them, but what and why all but one of the Nine Network service images.

[prl]

Were any other channel_picon files changed at the same time?

As far as anything systematic about the files goes, all I can think of is that the survivor doesn't have a 'w' in the file name. That doesn't seem very helpful, though.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

Were any other channel_picon files changed at the same time?

As far as anything systematic about the files goes, all I can think of is that the survivor doesn't have a 'w' in the file name. That doesn't seem very helpful, though.

It was just the Nine Network images (except for 9Gem HD).
But I know what I did now!
It was when I was phaffing around looking to see which of the Nine Bendigo (TSID 803/ONID 320C) picons were present in the current update. I accidentally pasted the previous command's directory output as commands and it stomped over the Nine Network images (subset below) -

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root@beyonwizu4:/picon# lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            30 Jan 13 13:06 1_0_1_803_803_320C_EEEE0000_0_0_0.png -> channel_picons/channel9_wp.png
-bash: lrwxrwxrwx: command not found

i.e. > channel_picons/channel9_wp.png

Bendigo doesn't have 9Gem HD so it didn't get clobbered.

[prl]

Glad it's sorted, and that I didn't clobber bits of the repository.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

Glad it's sorted, and that I didn't clobber bits of the repository.

Well, found at least. I'll just copy those image files from the T2, that should fix it right, unless the symlink gets disturbed by that?

[prl]

No, it should be fine. That's an advantage of using aymlinks. Patching ot up if hard links had been used would be a bit more complicated.

[IanSav]

Hi Prl,

It may take a day or two before IanSav has his picon feed updated.

Feed updated.

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

[driva]

Bendigo picons all successfully updated through Ian's feed server.
Thanks so much to all for your help, apologies to GG for stuffing up his U4 temporarily

[Grumpy_Geoff]

..., apologies to GG for stuffing up his U4 temporarily

Nah, don't worry as that was all down to me and it didn't take long to fix once I realised my mistake.

[prl]

Bendigo picons all successfully updated through Ian's feed server.

Great to hear!

[Jasmeet_181]

ABC Kids
https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdKyXKL6e34
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/ABC_Kids_ ... .93present
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jasme ... 20Kids.svg
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jasme ... 20Dark.svg

ABC Kids Listen
https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/ABC_Kids_ ... .93present
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jasme ... Listen.svg

ABC RN
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/ABC_Radio ... .93present
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jasme ... C%20RN.png

[prl]

Hi, Jasmeet.

Thanks for the updates.

[prl]

Jasmeet's changes to the picons for ABC Comedy/Kids, Kids Listen & RN have been merged into the picon repository, and should be available in the next firmware update, or, if you're using IanSav's picon feed, when Ian updates his feed.

This update changes the picon image files, but not any of the picon setup, so it won't change whether you see picons for those channels.

[IanSav]

Hi Prl,

I will request a rebuild to get the update ASAP.

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

Thanks, Ian.

[stevebow]

Got the updates via Ian's feed, thanks.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

Got the updates via Ian's feed, thanks.

I updated via the "direct fetch of the picons package from IanSav's feed server" manual method.
Thanks.

[prl]

Good to hear. Thanks, Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi Prl,

Good to hear. Thanks, Ian.

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

Here is a test version of the picon setup that includes 9Rush in the metro areas where it has started transmitting, and also for the NBN regional areas where it is planned to eventually show (thanks to Jasmeet_181 for the logos). You'll need to re-scan (if you haven't already done so) to see the new 9Rush channel.

The install/uninstall instructions assume that you know how to copy files onto your T /U/Vseries PVR and how to connect to and use its command-line interface.

Making mistakes in doing the install or uninstall may affect the stability of the PVR. If you mess things up, re-install the firmware from USB.

You need to follow the uninstall steps below before doing any online firmware update!

Assuming you're doing this on a T4, copy both attached files to root ("/") on the T4 (if they're not already there), then log in to the T4 and:

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cd /
mv picon picon.bak
mv piconlcd piconlcd.bak
tar xf maskPicons-2020-04-01.tgz
tar xf lcdPicons-2020-04-01.tgz

Then restart the T4 GUI.

If you use "xvf" instead of "xf" in the tar commands it will print out the file names as they extract. There will be a lot of them, about 500 for each command. I don't usually bother.

To go back to the original picons, log into the T4 and:

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cd /
rm -r picon maskPicons-2020-04-01.tgz
rm -r piconlcd lcdPicons-2020-04-01.tgz
mv picon.bak picon
mv piconlcd.bak piconlcd

Then restart the T4 GUI.

If you're testing on something other than a T4, leave out all the commands with "lcd" in them, and don't bother downloading lcdPicons-2020-04-01.tgz and copying it to the box. It doesn't matter if you do change them, but they won't have any effect - they're the picon setup for the T4's OLED graphical front panel.

Please let me know if there are any problems. If nothing's been reported in a few days, I'll push the changes to the picon repository.

Thanks in advance to everyone who tries it out!

[Grumpy_Geoff]

As expected, it's fine on the U4 -

I can't check the picon display on the T4 as the front panel is dead (it's yet to have a visit to Doc. Warkus' surgery).

[prl]

Thanks, Geoff.

[stevebow]

Please let me know if there are any problems. If nothing's been reported in a few days, I'll push the changes to the picon repository.

Appears to work fine in the infobar/favourites/EPG/LCD here in Sydney/T4. Nothing else appears to have been broken either, which is always a bonus.

I've also attached a full scan of Sydney made a few hours ago.

Thanks!

[prl]

Thanks, Steve.

I've grabbed the scan file.

If anyone else in the areas getting 9Rush would like to post a scan file, I'm happy to use them, but it looks like I won't need them for this change.

[prl]

If no-one yells at me about problems with the 9Rush picon setup before tomorrow PM (Fri 3 Apr), I'll push the changes into the picon repository ready for distribution.

[Trial_Master]

Thanks, Steve.

I've grabbed the scan file.

If anyone else in the areas getting 9Rush would like to post a scan file, I'm happy to use them, but it looks like I won't need them for this change.

I'll get Brisbane scan data to you this evening.

[prl]

Thanks.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

If anyone else in the areas getting 9Rush would like to post a scan file, I'm happy to use them, but it looks like I won't need them for this change.

[prl]

Thanks, Geoff. Got it.

[Trial_Master]

If anyone else in the areas getting 9Rush would like to post a scan file, I'm happy to use them, but it looks like I won't need them for this change.

[prl]

Got it. Thanks!

[prl]

I have committed the 9Rush changes to the picon repository. I've also incorporated new scan data for Brisbane, Perth and Sydney into the repository. That new scan information and some improvements to the scripts that build the picon setup has allowed the removal of a few redundant picon links, and the picon setup for the now-defunct WestTV in Perth.

The new picon setup should be in the next firmware release.

If you applied my alpha patch with the 9Rush changes, remember to uninstall it before doing any online update!

[Trial_Master]

Hi IanSav

Thanks for the update on 9Rush. I have updated my T4 and T2

[IanSav]

Hi Trial_Master,

Thanks for the update on 9Rush. I have updated my T4 and T2

You are most welcome.

Regards,
Ian.

[benhsau]

Scan for Spencer Gulf (Regional SA)

Addition of 7HD, 9HD, 10HD and duplicates of 7, 9, 10 (SD)

SpencerGulf.zip

(969 Bytes) Downloaded 95 times

[prl]

Thanks, Ben. Got it.

[sonicblue]

I'm using a T2 in Adelaide with latest firmware and have all picons except for:

74 7MateHD
96 9Rush

The T2's updater reports "nothing to update".

Is there anything I can do?

edit: these are the ones:

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<e2service>
<e2servicereference>1:0:19:557:505:1013:EEEE0000:0:0:0:</e2servicereference>
<e2servicename>7mateHD Adelaide</e2servicename>
</e2service>

<e2service>
<e2servicereference>1:0:1:459:450:1012:EEEE0000:0:0:0:</e2servicereference>
<e2servicename>9Rush Adelaide</e2servicename>
</e2service>

[MrQuade]

Is there anything I can do?

Either install IanSav's feed that includes his OverlayHD skin and picon set, or you can install the latest 19.3 series beta firmware, and switch to the beta update feed.

[Grumpy_Geoff]

Is there anything I can do?

Either install IanSav's feed that includes his OverlayHD skin and picon set, or you can install the latest 19.3 series beta firmware, and switch to the beta update feed.

An alternative is the package retrieval method without requiring the plugin or beta firmware -
"How to directly fetch the picons-tv-australia package from IanSav's feed server and then install it"

[sonicblue]

An alternative is the package retrieval method without requiring the plugin or beta firmware -
"How to directly fetch the picons-tv-australia package from IanSav's feed server and then install it"

Thank you, it worked.

[benhsau]

Scan for Spencer Gulf (Regional SA)

Addition of 7HD, 9HD, 10HD and duplicates of 7, 9, 10 (SD)

SpencerGulf.zip

Updated to 20200823 (T4) but no picon updates?