[mythtv-users] semi-transparent screensaver

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Mon Nov 24 19:56:20 UTC 2008


Florin Andrei wrote:
> Yan Seiner wrote:
>> man xbacklight
> 
> Somehow I doubt this will work on a 58" plasma screen connected over 
> HDMI to the Myth box. And even if it does, I'm still not inclined to try it.
> 
> I'm looking for a generic solution, not a hardware hack. I find it hard 
> to believe I'm the first one to think about this issue, since it's a 
> standard feature on so many DVD players.
> 

Dont most of these type of things work by taking a screen shot, then 
dimming the screenshot and displaying it?  I guess you could knock up 
some kind fo script to this using various tools...

Robert.


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