[mythtv] Color Text in the OSD

Daniel Williams d.williams at paradise.net.nz
Mon Sep 22 22:30:12 EDT 2003


Hi All,

I'm looking at trying to implement Color Text in the On Screen display, 
but have no idea of how to convert the PixMap generated by Freetype, to 
be colorised to the colors needed.

The reason I am wanting to do this, is for TeleText Subtitles, they are 
in up to 6 different colors, which aids Deaf People in knowing who said 
what. (What happens with US Closed Captions????).

I'm sure that people would like to be able to display other colors on 
screen, rather than just plain white text.

The system currently decodes the color needed, but doesn't pass it down 
the line when actually displaying to screen, due to freetypes grayscale 
rendering.

Any hints would be appreciated as to how to convert the PixMap, as my 
C++ Skills are not the best, and my graphics / rendering skills are non 
existant.

Cheers
Daniel





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