[mythtv] RE: Flash GUIs

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Michael J. Sherman
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:05 AM
> To: mythtv-dev at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv] RE: Flash GUIs
>
>
>  > Basically, the backgrounds or buttons can be a moving movie clip
>  > just like the preview window in the (alterate EPG layout). The
>  > only setting that I think would need to be added in the the themes
>  > XML file would be whether or not the file should be looped or
>  > just played once and stop on the last frame.
>
> I for one would love an animated background option for the simple reason
> that I do not like static images on my TV for a long time.  I only use a
> TV with my Myth box, and while I don't have a rear-projection, I can
> imagine some people would love to avoid burn-in.
>
> Besides, it would just look cool.  On the latest theme I made I have a
> sky background; how cool would it be to have the clouds slowly move by
> in a loop animation?
>
> And of course we could default all this stuff off to appease those who
> are trying to run Myth on a 16 MHz 386 ;).

Hmmm... eventually when (if) Myth supports hardware MPEG decoders like the
PVR-350 or VIA EPIA boards (even the dxr3), the menu screens could be small
mpeg files, similar to what you do when you author an (S)VCD or DVD.  That
would probably be easier than doing Flash or something like that, and it
wouldn't be a CPU load because it would only be enabled for those with
hardware decoders.

Just thinking out loud.  Don't mind me :-)

-JAC