[mythtv-users] Current time of day?

Al Mcintosh amcintosh at atreus-systems.com
Tue Dec 20 13:39:32 EST 2005



> You could make a small shell script that calls mythtvosd to display 
> the current time and map the script to a button on your remote.
>
> mythtvosd --template=alert --alert_text=$(date)
>

This was my first impulse but thought I would check before reinventing 
the wheel. :)

I don't want to exit the show I am watching just to see the time. It 
would be nice to see it in the OSD info.

 


> On 12/20/05, *David Ellis* <david at ellisonline.ca 
> <mailto:david at ellisonline.ca>> wrote:
>
>     And an LCD panel driven by LCDd.........
>
>     David
>
>     -----Original Message-----
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>     [mailto: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>     <mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org>] On Behalf Of Joseph A.
>     Caputo
>     Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:43 PM
>     To: Discussion about mythtv
>     Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Current time of day?
>
>     On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:37, Al Mcintosh wrote:
>     > Hey,
>     >
>     >     Either I have yet to find it, or it doesnt' exist, is
>     current time
>     > of day displayed anywhere?
>
>     Currently, the only place to see the current time is in the OSD while
>     watching a recording, in the EPG, or in MythWeather (there may be
>     others, not sure).
>
>     Someone recently submitted a patch to add a theme element for a clock,
>     but I don't recall if it was committed.  Themes would need to be
>     updated to include it on various screens, anyway.
>
>     -JAC
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