[mythtv-users] Fonts in MythArchive

[steve.goodey at bt.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Pilkington
> Sent: 17 January 2009 21:02
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Fonts in MythArchive
> 
> Andreas wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I just started to use mytharchive to export recordings to DVD. 
> > Everything works basically, and was very easy to set up.
> > 
> > Two questions remain, though:
> > - The fonts in the DVD menu pages are barely legible. Is 
> that a know 
> > problem, or did I perhaps miss something when I set up mytharchive?
> > Here is the "details" page created by mytharchive:
> > http://imagebin.ca/view/cudBgMGZ.html
> > 
> > - Is there a way to tell mytharchive to add a file with 
> text subtitles 
> > (srt format) to the DVD authoring? I tried the approach 
> with projectx, 
> > but it does not detect any subtitles in the recording, 
> whereas I can 
> > get a srt file with ccextractor.
> > 
> Have you looked at mytharchive_tmp/work/background-1.jpg, 
> which is the original image that is transferred to the dvd?  
> Mine looks crisper than your post.
> 
> John P
> 
As someone having the same problem, slightly different directory, but
background-1.jpg shows the problem.

In a private email from the original poster he has come up with a few
suggestions:-

"The root of the problem seems to be a masking function that paints the
font images on the background picture and masks out the (black)
background of the font images.

A few little changes in the theme.xml file helped a lot with the
perceived picture quality:

* Changing the font from FreeSans to FreeSansBold.
* Increasing the font size to 20 (from 18 and 16).
* Changing the font color to LightGray (helped the most).

In a typical installation, the theme files are located at:
/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/themes/name-of-theme"

Thought I'd post this in case anyone else has the problem and/or has any
other thoughts.

Regards, Steve.