Channel logos in Kodi with Tvheadend

Multimedia

To get the channel logos displayed in Kodi, set them up under Tvheadend. This tutorial describes the necessary steps.

Used versions

  • LibreELEC - Version 10.0.3 / KODI - Version 19.4 Matrix
  • Tvheadend - Version 4.2.8 on extern Server with Gentoo

Preperation

First you get the necessary channel logos, also called picons. Download this free of charge from Github at the following address https://github.com/picons/picons/releases. There are various designs and sizes to choose from here. You need the SNP and the SRP variant.

I have decided on the following:

Setup

The Picons packages need to be unpacked and stored accessible for Tvheadend. I placed these in ‘/home/tvheadend’. The location ultimately doesn’t matter as long as the user running Tvheadend has access rights to it.

In the selected location, create the folders “logos/snp” and “logos/srp”.

server /home/tvheadend # ls -l
insgesamt 62980
drwxr-xr-x 1 tvheadend video       12 23. Okt 17:51 logos

server /home/tvheadend # ls -l logos
insgesamt 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 tvheadend video 229620 23. Okt 18:08 snp
drwxr-xr-x 1 tvheadend video 841044 23. Okt 18:08 srp

I adjust the permissions of the folders accordingly. In my case:

chown -R tvheadend:video /home/tvheadend/logos

Now it’s time to set up the picons in Tvheadend itself. In the web interface of Tvheadend you go to:

Configuration > General > Base

There you will find the picon settings at the bottom. These are to be set as shown in the screenshot:

Tvheadend Picon settings

The paths are to be adapted accordingly to your own. The ‘%C’ placeholder in the channel logo path is important. Then save the settings.

Now switch to the channel overview in the web interface:

Configuration > Channel / EPG > Channels

Tvheadend Logos reset

Now the channel logos should appear in KODI without further action. It may be necessary to restart KODI.

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