*/
  public static ImageIcon createChannelIcon(Icon ic) {
    BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(getChannelIconWidth(), getChannelIconHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
    if (ic == null) {
      ic = new ImageIcon("./imgs/tvbrowser16.png");
    }
    int height = 20;
    int width = 40;
    if ((ic.getIconWidth() != 0) && (ic.getIconHeight() != 0)) {
      double iWidth = ic.getIconWidth();
      double iHeight = ic.getIconHeight();
      if (iWidth / iHeight < 2.0) {
        width = (int) (iWidth * (20.0 / iHeight));
      } else {
        height = (int) (iHeight * (40.0 / iWidth));
      }
    }
    ic = scaleIcon(ic, width, height);
    Graphics2D g = img.createGraphics();
    g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
    g.fillRect(1, 1, 40, 20);
    int x = 1 + 20 - ic.getIconWidth() / 2;
    int y = 1 + 10 - ic.getIconHeight() / 2;
    ic.paintIcon(null, g, x, y);
    g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
    g.drawRect(0, 0, 42, 22);
    return new ImageIcon(img);
  }