Τhe spark for Alien receivers is not used by many, although unfortunately is the only firmware that work properly.
All e2 images, without exception, have been struggling with their problems and flirt anytime with crashing, something I hate and therefore there is no e2 for me.
Neglected are also the tv wall icons for Spark, despite it is one of the best features of this image.
I will therefore insist on spark and describe the way by which someone can make his own icons, for his own pleasure as i understand.
Step One:
FIND on the web all the channel logos, procces them in photoshop and save them as png24 204x126 with a transparent background.
This procedure may lasts several weeks.(Could be much sorter if many people were working on this, each for a provider only!)
Step Two:
CREATE in photoshop (cs5 and above) an action which loads all png one by one, adds the background of your choice and save the icon as jpg named by the name of the relevant png.
Then RUN this action in batch automate in photoshop, for 3000 icons it takes about 20-30 minutes to complete, in the end you have a folder with all icons in JPG format and background.
Copy all icons in another forder too which you will use later(in step 4) to load the icons on Spark editor.
Step Three:
LOAD the settings of the receiver in the most useless editor that has ever come out for satellite receiver, the spark editor 1.7, which paradoxically makes only a good thing, changes automatically icons
names with the names by which the receiver tv wall recognizes them.
Step four:
LOAD icon in spark editor and choose the folder from step 2, after a few seconds editor will find the names and changes them automatically to the names that Spark understand.
Step five:
Manual corrections, adjustments needed in rare cases when mistakes happened.
Of course you MUST KEEP SAFE the icons which you got from photoshop, they will serve for the manual adjustments needed after the fourth step.
Original pngs are kept forever, new channels are added from time to time and some changes are corected,
these PNGs are the basic and most useful elements of the process.
Finally, you can find some of my icons here:
http://linuxsat-support.com/showthread.php?t=100259
