Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Feb 2012 03:50:27 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg Hi * Is anybody working on theming new MythMusic in ArcLight ? Generally - I see development of this nice theme is little quiet (last changes over h 04 Feb 2012 13:24:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/503259 I have some questions about the new mythui version of mythmusic. First I have looked in the default music-ui.xml music-base.xml and musicsettings-ui.x 04 Feb 2012 10:08:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/503237 Right now, there is a flaw in the "area" inherited by a buttonlist -- instead of the buttonitem inheriting the <buttonarea>, it inherits the "full" <a 01 Feb 2012 20:44:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/502930 I am bumping up against a problem with the draw order in mythui. As I understand it, elements are drawn in the order defined in XML. I'm trying to a 31 Jan 2012 21:33:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/502792 In video-ui.xml, I'd like to display the title and subtitle in the same field, separated by a colon. If there is no subtitle, I don't want to the colo 31 Aug 2011 20:35:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/490508 I'm new to theme programing, but trying to learn. I currently use the blue-abstract-wide theme and wanted to make some small changes to one of the me 31 Jul 2011 21:20:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/487678 Hi themers, Just wanted to make you aware of the newly supported fields and windows I've added in the last week, and you may wish to adjust your them 09 Jul 2011 10:58:17 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/485284 Hi everybody, the Blue-Abstract theme was updated to version 1.5. Check out the wiki: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Blue_Abstract_Theme Chris could you 28 Jun 2011 01:30:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/484271 Hi, I'm using Arclight and have FE segfault if theme hasn't defined schedulefiltereditor window in schedule-ui.xml I added filters support for filter 22 Jun 2011 12:53:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/483763 Web site: http://www.themes.biterror.net Git: git://github.com/hpeters/TintedGlass.git Who ever is updating the theme chooser should checkout the my 14 Jun 2011 12:38:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/483053 I've finally got around to posting what I have to google code, its a remix theme based on blue abstract (my old favourite theme, awesome it is) and my 01 Jun 2011 16:44:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/481743 On 04/12/2011 11:51 PM, jedi wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:36:34PM -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Kevon <mythtv@ 13 Apr 2011 16:36:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/477785 Hi, I am developing a theme where I would like to "gray out" a spinbox based on the value of a button. I.e., in the "program recording" popup, I woul 26 Feb 2011 00:37:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/473274 Hi, where can I find list of valid variables and/or names that can be used in textareas on the menu screen? I am able to display "description" of s 20 Feb 2011 03:40:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/472636 Im doin some changes to my theme and especially the "watchrecordings"-section. Ive got bookmark, cutlist, commflagged and autoexpire working good, but 17 Feb 2011 11:01:17 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/472334 I've begun work on a new theme and am considering the use of "random fanart" on some of the menu screens. In my local installation this works fine by 15 Feb 2011 15:01:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/472148 Hi everybody yesterday i update my system at home to last trunk version (i don't remember which version nr now..) and i notice a big problem with my 03 Feb 2011 08:33:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/470694 Looking at upgrading from DVB-S to DVB-T what's the best card to get at the moment ? Also how many cards do you need? Cheers Jason Taylor -- "Wee 19 Jan 2011 16:40:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/468823 Hi, while theming I noticed this issue: the inuse state, after watching a recording, stays "on" for ever, even after the file has stopped being used. 11 Jan 2011 12:30:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/467941 Hi all, I'm new here. I ran across the Blue Abstract theme via the MythTV wiki. I downloaded and installed it, and discovered a minor bug. When yo 03 Jan 2011 06:37:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/466945 I've uploaded all the known themes to the theme downloader website for trunk/master, so they are visible if you're running the latest git version. If 18 Dec 2010 09:01:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/465470 Hi. I've ran jamu -MW a couple of times and did have some recordings with great looking fanart on the background and banners. But, not anymore. I ha 14 Dec 2010 10:49:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/464939 Hi. I just upgraded from 0.23 to 0.24-fixes (clean install). Built it from the source and got the Arclight-theme from Lucid repos. I used Arclight be 09 Dec 2010 10:34:41 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/464106 Cant find any thing on google about this but does alpha-pulse actually work for anybody? It dosnt seem to do anything only any of my machines -- "W 06 Dec 2010 20:19:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/463667 Hi guys (& girls), I've done some slight modifications to the Blue Abstract theme, which I really like (and personally would prefer to have as the de 06 Dec 2010 12:18:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/463575 anyone know how to change the text color in the Setup section? none of the strings in qtlook.txt seem to affect this. thanks! -- Steve ____________ 05 Dec 2010 12:02:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/463363 I'm starting to look at how themes are done to attempt to create my own, it seems very complicated, so I was hoping to simply start with modifying my 25 Nov 2010 09:54:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/461704 Howdy, I've found a small problem with button lists while working on menu-ui.xml. My top level menu is set to scrollstyle center, wrapstyle items. 21 Nov 2010 15:11:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/461078 I'm converting the old Retro-OSD theme, and the fonts have color defs like <color>200</color> <color>255</color> <color>128</color> What did a color 20 Nov 2010 09:38:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/460900 I see something was added to trunk, but I have no clue what it is and how it makes themeing better: http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/27266 Cheers 19 Nov 2010 01:16:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/460708 Is dvd-ui.xml still an actively used file ? It's in the MythUI_Theme_Development docs, but I don't see it included with any of the themes (at least 18 Nov 2010 16:57:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/460651 Hi, is there a way to use the template tag with the guidegrid? I would like to add something like <template>%TITLESUBTITLE%</template> to be able to 16 Nov 2010 09:49:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/460136 I assume the Theme development document is current for 0.24 (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development) ? Is there a cheat-sheet or summary 11 Nov 2010 12:28:33 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/459364 Hi, is there a way to theme the up/downscrollarrow in dependence of the active/inactive state of the buttonlist. I would like the arrows to have a di 08 Nov 2010 12:40:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/458989 or do i have to convert them. having another go at creating a theme and as i am using inkscape, it would be cool to just keep the svg files around; 14 Oct 2010 08:33:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/456036 Hi * In pre 0.24 times I had callerID & SysStatus presented on OSD with help of my perl scrips. It used CID and MSG containers in OSD for present 06 Oct 2010 07:02:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/454938 I noticed that most (all?) my <template> tags stopped working. Did I miss some change that leads to this? take this for example, nothing gets shown: 26 Sep 2010 07:13:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/453448 I see a number of theme templates like the following. %|"SUBTITLE|"% %STARS% %DESCRIPTION% %|"SUBTITLE|"%\n%YEARSTARS%%DESCRIPTION% 24 Sep 2010 07:29:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/453231 Hi, Is it somebody interested to customize Menu Theme (it will be payed like job and free available for public use - practically donation from my 21 Sep 2010 20:44:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/452943 Hi I have been hacking away at my own theme for sometime now and I have noticed that the official themes have the following header in them. <!DOCTYPE 06 Sep 2010 09:34:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/450234 Hi, I am theming the <window name="customedit"> screen in schedule-ui.xml and found that I can't use "multiline" to define a word wrap in a textedit 05 Sep 2010 02:37:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/450063 Hi, if I understand the changesets 25002 and 25003 correctly, we now have a place to select Themes to be downloaded and installed within MythFrontend 31 Aug 2010 01:41:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/449329 Hi all.. What a Frakkin' job (as it says Wolowiz)!!!! I started on December 2009 on hackin the Blue Abstract Theme; on January i realized i was deve 25 Aug 2010 07:04:17 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/448409 Hi, first of all thanks for implementing the new OSD statetypes, they rock! I have them working well for all but one case. If the recording was re/tra 20 Aug 2010 09:07:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/447740 Is it possible to add a webbrowser widget to the menu screens? I'd like to add a news ticker to the bottom of the menu but it seems to cause 2010-08 20 Aug 2010 05:11:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/447712 Hi, a minor problem, but for me, in most themes (running trunk), clicking on the mythwelcome start-mythfrontend button, I see no visual "click". Since 16 Aug 2010 12:03:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/447306 I'm developing a new theme, i can't figured out how I should do to increase the size of subtitles? Is it something into the theme-xml or in the confi 26 Jul 2010 02:47:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/444546 I'm getting the following error from mythfrontend related to fonts.  I have installed ttf-droid, msttcorefonts, ttf-liberation, etc.  If I go to gnome 21 Jul 2010 08:20:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/443996 Hi 2 all! Good subscrubtion, thx! ________________________________________________ http://stydentkam.ru , http://ekzameny.net , http://referat-na-5.ru 10 Jul 2010 18:36:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/442885 Hi everyone, I'm in the process of adapting some themes to my liking and came to a roadblock.. First of all, where can I get information about exi 03 Jul 2010 11:17:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/442197 Hi, I am trying to wrap my head around where and how a themer can define if to let the user jump from groups to recordings and vice versa. When I pre 29 May 2010 10:51:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/438489 It's since january i'm working developing a new theme... it's a long time, but during the day i should wok (!!!) and in the evening i should (yep!) p 25 May 2010 06:43:28 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/437960 Is there somewhere a general overview of what needs to be done to make a 0.22 theme work under 0.23 ? I assume the page http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/M 11 Apr 2010 18:01:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/431492 Hi, The MythCenter schedule recording fields are too narrow in the 4:3 version of the theme (under .23rcX). In particular the field where you choose 06 Apr 2010 21:31:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/430651 Robert, Finally got a chance to take a look at the OSD for Arclight work you have done. Seemless. It's unique how you have the menus change col 06 Apr 2010 04:39:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/430551 Hello themers and trunk users, Voting for the theme competition is now open! You can see the competition voting site here: http://www.mythtv.org/th 14 Mar 2010 13:26:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/427272 I've tried it but its mostly useful for "wait"-animations and other small blips and not real video-backgrounds. /Hylsan 2010/3/12 <mythtv-theming-re 12 Mar 2010 13:31:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/427063 I'm currently attempting to create my own theme, Is it possible to have video as a background like in these examples: http://www.dedoimedo.com/image 11 Mar 2010 01:33:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/426864 Hello list, it seems to me, that the values for "small", "medium" and "large" font aren't applied at themes? I am using the bloutubeWide-theme and c 08 Mar 2010 06:38:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/426400 Currently designing the recordings-ui and the "bookmark", "cutlist" etc widgets. Is there a way to just shapes and text instead of images? Right now i 01 Mar 2010 01:59:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/425306 On 01/28/2010 06:15 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Might also want a README or INSTALL file that mentions the need to > install the fonts on the system 23 Feb 2010 23:48:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/424599 Ok so I had this idea to add the next scheduled recording for a program to the Watch Recordings screen - when you're highlghting the group name and no 17 Feb 2010 10:08:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/423760 well i think my theme is now complete. i've created also another color scheme called TransOrange. it's the same as TransBlue but in orange. TransBlue 15 Feb 2010 12:03:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/423543 As above, the final, final, for real final deadline on themes is tomorrow at midnight. Your theme needs to meet the minimum requirements for the cont 14 Feb 2010 07:57:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/423431 Need some help with video_ui.xml - browser window. I'd like a buttonlist with the movie to the left fading to the background, and likewise with the m 14 Feb 2010 00:37:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/423420 I've been perusing the list and the documentation and I can find no reference to sound effects for themes. My MythUI is also completely silent. Is i 12 Feb 2010 22:02:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/423352 Hi! Just got most things work on my mythtv after a year or so of configuration etc. Now Id like to look at the wonderful world of theming, mostly s 08 Feb 2010 05:34:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/422551 Hi All, Because of some minor technical hurdles and to afford some extra time to themers who did not understand certain elements of our rules, we hav 03 Feb 2010 08:58:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/421725 Just in case anyone missed it, http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/23443 changes some of the state names used in themes. Anywhere a buttonlist or sp 02 Feb 2010 11:22:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/421549 Can anyone advise why MythCenter doesn't respect a change in font in the recordings list (Watch Recordings) in the selected state? (from base.xml) 01 Feb 2010 21:34:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/421460 Is the "Loading" screen that I see frequently in the latest SVN when starting the Watch Recordings screen a themeable element and if so, where would I 01 Feb 2010 21:00:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/421459 The early Arclight screenshot shown here http://www.fecitfacta.com/Arclight/Gallery.html#12 shows a green, tendrily thing as a background for the ma 01 Feb 2010 11:52:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/421369 Hello everybody! A new theme version is out! I have replaced the status icons in the recording and news screens with better ones. The keyboard for 31 Jan 2010 10:17:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/421172 I've modified 0.22's Mythbuntu theme in order to display a few bits of info (year and stars for movies; original air date for TV shows) that it doesn' 29 Jan 2010 06:33:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/420796 > > > Here is my entry for the theme competition. > > http://www.bpcs.net/LCARS.tar.gz > > and screenshots > > http://img204.imageshack.us/slideshow/w 28 Jan 2010 10:28:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/420647 Here is my entry for the theme competition. http://www.bpcs.net/LCARS.tar.gz and screenshots http://img204.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id 27 Jan 2010 23:42:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/420591 hey guys, i've just finished the work on a new theme. so i wanted to ask you where i can publish/upload it. can i upload it anywhere on the mythtv ser 27 Jan 2010 14:23:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/420511 Theming competition participants, All themes eligible for the competition must be made available for download no later than the end of the day (let's 27 Jan 2010 12:20:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/420484 Hi all, With the potential of the net MythUI I'm a recent convert to MythTV and I really like the direction themes like Arclight and Graphite are hea 26 Jan 2010 11:11:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/420217 Robert, I would like to thank you for your work on this theme and thank you for the GPL release. Am I to assume this is your submission for the c 25 Jan 2010 09:27:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/419993 Hi everybody, a new theme version is out! It now includes themed screens for the new great MythNetVision and the MythArchive plugins! Check it out 24 Jan 2010 15:40:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/419821 So at this point I know my skin is not going to be done by the first but this is driving me crazy. I am trying to just make a simple horizontal menu b 20 Jan 2010 22:39:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/419282 Two questions about menu xml's. 1. Do the xml's need to be in the root of the theme directory or can they be in a subfolder of the theme? (aka menus) 17 Jan 2010 11:55:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/418420 I don't know if this question even makes sense. :-) I've found a bug in Retro-OSD and want to know if I should open it's own ticket, or just lump it 13 Jan 2010 18:06:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/417817 Is it possible to add a row of buttons like in the linked example? http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/drawing.png Basically, I'd like 13 Jan 2010 12:36:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/417748 I have started my theme (but I don't think I will be finished by the deadline). But I have a few questions and would like to see if I could get some h 07 Jan 2010 21:30:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/416695 Dear competition themers, I just wanted to send out a reminder that if you are competing in our theme authoring (or UI patch) competition, the due da 03 Jan 2010 20:43:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/415950 Hi, I've been following the 'annoyances' thread with interest and it got me wondering if I am able to adjust one of the provided themes to work a lit 01 Jan 2010 08:53:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/415595 Hello everybody, I hope you all had some nice christmas days. The following changes were added to the new theme version : - Fixed recording screen t 25 Dec 2009 15:28:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/414654 If anyone is looking to work together on a theme for this contest please let me know. I don't think I would have enough time to do a complete theme fr 13 Dec 2009 19:31:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/413161 Hi all, Just a quick note of reminder that the theming competition is going on, and themes eligible for the competition will be due on approximately 12 Dec 2009 13:35:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/413023 I'm currently working on a theme. In the Watch Recordings screen, I have a few questions about implementing the button lists. Previously in 0.21, th 08 Dec 2009 18:17:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/412506 Hello everybody, It has been a long time since the last release. I switched my hardware and from kubuntu to gentoo. Now I'm fully running again. 08 Dec 2009 13:36:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/412482 I can't seem to find the state type of a recording that gets added to a playlist. Can anyone point me in that direction? ____________________________ 04 Dec 2009 06:05:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/411732 I'm have a buttontree that uses a template from the buttonlist . I can then modify many parameters, but I can't move the up and down scroll arrows. 01 Dec 2009 18:42:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/411322 For videos tree-list view: Is there a way for directories (folders) to change their text font as was done previously, in addition to (or instead of) 01 Dec 2009 15:33:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/411281 I'm trying to theme the gameui window, and have run into a strange problem. The short way to describe it is, if I use a selectbar in the state to h 27 Nov 2009 09:40:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/410635 1. In video gallery, scrolling left to right ends at the current row, doesn't continue down to the beginning of the row below like in other themes (an 26 Nov 2009 19:43:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/410596 Thank you to Robert for your latest comments in my Retro-wide ticket http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/7533 I had some questions that seemed more app 25 Nov 2009 09:48:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/410417 A picture is worth 1k words -- in this case, 2 screenshots of the Video (tree) list http://www.westnet.com/~chris/Mythtv/Retro-folder.jpg http://www 22 Nov 2009 13:05:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/theming/409711