[mythtv-users] Classic menu theme 'DVD' top-level item in 0.21

[John Veness]

John Veness wrote:
> I've just upgraded to MythTV 0.21, previously using 0.20.2. I use the 
> 'classic' menu theme (the one with TV, Music, Videos, etc. as top-level 
> items) as I find it the most intuitive.
> 
> In 0.20, there was a top-level DVD menu, under which were the options to 
> Play DVD, Play VCD, Rip DVD and Eject media. Now in 0.21 there is no 
> top-level DVD menu and these commands are instead inside the Videos 
> menu. I find this unintuitive.
> 
> I realise that this is to do with the removal of mythdvd and the merger 
> of its functions into mythvideo. But is it necessary for the end-user to 
> 'see' this change? The menu structure shouldn't be that closely linked 
> to the underlying structure, should it?
> 
> Is there a way to edit the classic menu theme to restore DVD as a 
> top-level menu item? I've been looking at 
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/tags/release-0-20-2/mythtv/themes/classic/mainmenu.xml 
> (the old 0.20 top-level menu), 
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/tags/release-0-21/mythtv/themes/classic/mainmenu.xml 
> (the new 0.21 top-level menu) and 
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/tags/release-0-21/mythplugins/mythvideo/theme/menus/videomenu.xml 
> (the new 0.21 Videos menu), but I'm not sure how to selectively move 
> some of the new Videos menu items to a new menu and link to it from the 
> top-level.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John

Anyone good at editing menu themes know if the above is possible? All 
would it need the mythvideo code changing too, in order to provide 
additional entry points?

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T