Settings/Live TV/Channels

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  ▶ Settings ▶ PVR & Live TV ▶ Channels



General

Use channel group order from backend(s)

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Sort channel groups by the order supplied by the backend(s). If enabled, groups cannot be reordered in the Group manager.[1]

Use channel order from backend(s)

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Sort channels by the channel number used by the backend, but apply local numbering for the channels.


Channel manager

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Opens the Channel Manager, which allows modifying the channel ordering, channel names, icons, etc.

See: Channel Manager


Group manager

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Opens the Group Manager, which allows for the management of channel groups and their populations.

If you intend to modify ordering, ensure the first setting Use channel group order from backend(s) is disabled.
See: Group Manager


Search for channels

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Instruct the backend to search for channels (if supported by the add-on and backend)


Icons

Folder with channel icons

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Folder containing TV and Radio channel logos to be displayed in Kodi.

Logo files should be either *.png or *.jpg. For the logos to automatically match with their respective channels, one of the following conditions must be met:

  1. The logos must have the exact same name as the channel or
  2. Named with the id in iUniqueId of the TVxx.db (eg. 1558003334.png).
    • If the channel label has formatting codes such as colours, bold or italics, they must be in the filename
    • Any '/' character must be replaced by '_' in the filename (eg. [COLOR red]My Channel[/COLOR] will be named [COLOR red]My Channel[_COLOR].png).

See- Live TV Artwork


Scan for missing icons

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Scan the nominated folder for channel icons missing from Kodi


References



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