<b>Picon</b>
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- <dd>Picons are small logos ('personal icons') that are automatically matched based
- on the parameters of a channel. This typically saves you from having to set each
- icon separately, because they're matched based on polarity, frequency,
- orbital position, mux, and similar.
+ <dd>Picons (from p ersonal icons) are collections of similar icons that can be automatically
+ matched against your channels based on a number of technical parameters that will uniquely
+ define a channel. The use of these parameters (e.g. mux, frequency, orbital position)
+ removes the ambiguity of using names - it's not case sensitive, it doesn't care if there
+ are spaces or not, and so on.
- They were originally introduced on Dream Multimedia's 'Dreambox' PVRs,
- but have since spread to more general use. You can generate picons yourself
- from pre-existing image files, or you can download packs of icons from various
- places on the Internet, especially national satellite forums.</dd>
+ You can generate picons yourself from existing images, or you can usually find sets
+ pre-made on the Internet if you search for them. They're a good way to get large numbers
+ of icons matched quickly, and usually in a similar style (such as square, x * y pixels, with
+ a consistent highlight/reflection effect).</dd>
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<dt>Prefer picons over channel name:</dt>
- <dd>Defines whether the picons take priority over the channel icons if both are set.</dd>
+ <dd>If both a picon and a channel-specific (e.g. channelname.jpg) icon are defined, use the picon.</dd>
<dt>Channel icon path</dt>
- <dd>Set the path to your channel icon library.<br>
+ <dd>Path to an icon for this channel. This can be named however you wish, as a local (file://) or remote (http://) image.<br>
Example: file:///tmp/icons/%C.png (where %C is the channel nameon local storage where
is TVHeadend) or http://example.com/example.png to set icon from web page.</dd>
<dt>Picon path</dt>
- <dd>Set the path to your picon library.<br>
+ <dd>Path to a directory (folder) containing your picon collection. This can be named however
+ you wish, as a local (file://) or remote (http://) location - however, remember that it's pointing
+ to a directory as the picon names are automatically generated from the service parameters
+ (frequency, orbital position, etc.).<br>
Example: file:///home/hts/picons</dd>
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