This should see you through the process of setting up the logos that add just that little extra nice touch to your media Portal setup. It adds the Network it aired on, along with extra info such as genre, codecs, and show time length.

Typical example of logo's

Steps

Note: The following steps relate to the Vista OS, with Media Portal RC1 (onwards) and Monochrome 2+. I am sure it will work on other skins etc, but I cant confirm 100%.

1. Create a folder path C:\programData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\MPTVSeriesLogos

2. Within the Monochrome skin folder there is a folder called MP-TVSeries, and in that there is a folder called Logos. Copy all those files into the thumbs\MPTVSerieslogos folder you created in step 1.

3. Still in within the Monochrome folder, go back into the MP-TVSeries folder, and open the folder called Logo rules. Copy both files into your c:\program files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\skin\monochrome folder.

4. Open Media Portal Configuration, and browse to the plugins section and open the configuration of the MP-TVSeries plugin. Select the media Portal Display control tab and browse to the Logo Configuration section. Select Import, and browse for the MP-TVSeries.logorules file you placed in the skins folder in step 3 above.

The Logo configuration section should now look something like the pic below.

5. Now select the templates button, and start customising your 'view', adding extra logo rules (for sound codecs, show time lengths or if x264 files etc) as you want them. I have added my file if you want a little headstart, but I did cheat on the template for my xvid logo - by modifying a display template to cover all video sizes (such as 4:3 and 16:9) as I wanted the XVID logo on all my files.

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