[mythtv-users] MythTV Themes - Looking great!

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 08:29:10 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Robert Siebert <trebor_s at web.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:51:39 -0400, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM, MarcT <myrdhn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Glen Hawksworth
>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:53 PM
>> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV Themes - Looking great!
>> >
>> >
>> > I have been a Mythbuntu Theme man for years now and with 0.22 and the
>> > side
>> > scrolling themes that scared me I stayed with the Mythbuntu theme...
>> >
>> > However with 0.23 I think my new favourite is Arclight. If there is
>> > anyone
>> > out there that worked on Arclight, well done. I particularly like the
>> > subtitles/descriptions on the menu items but the artwork is fantastic
>> > too.
>> >
>> > I have one general comment about the new themes (0.22 and beyond) and it
>> > has
>> > to do with the program finder (my favourite way to schedule recordings).
>> >
>> > Back in the good ol' days (0.21 and earlier) when browsing the program
>> > finder if you came across a program already scheduled to record the
>> > title
>> > would be highlighted (eg. the title would be in yellow instead of
>> > white).
>> > This was great because you could see scheduled items at a glance as you
>> > browsed, your favourite programs would stand out against the other
>> > titles
>> > (conversely if one of your favourite programs wasn't highlighted you
>> > could
>> > jump in and make sure you weren't missing an episode).
>> >
>> > After 0.22 you have to step into the program details to see if it has
>> > been
>> > scheduled (eg, in the mythbuntu theme the program would have a coloured
>> > spot
>> > next to times, blue - scheduled, green - recording, etc).
>> > In Arclight, as pretty and well laid out as it is, I can't see any
>> > indication that an item in the program finder has been scheduled for
>> > recording unless I bring up the info screen... am I looking in the wrong
>> > place? Is there something I haven't noticed? (Also, pressing the record
>> > button on the remote doesn't appear to give you any visual feedback that
>> > the
>> > item has been tagged to record)
>> >
>> > I don't know if it is possible with the new UI to have scheduled items
>> > highlighted in the program finder but if theme creators out there reckon
>> > that they can achieve it I might have a new favourite theme.
>> >
>> > Once again well done to anyone creating MythTV themes, there is some
>> > really
>> > nice work going on. I hope to one day have a crack at one myself.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Glen
>> > _______________________________________________
>> >
>> > Glen,
>> >
>> > Arclightis a theme that was created by Robert McNamara. He usually does
>> > not
>> > read/respond to users unless it is about a hot issue/something
>> > interesting
>> > to him.
>> > The MythTV-Theming group has been created for theme related
>> > questions/comments. You might have better luck contacting him there.
>> > Glad you like Arclight, it is my favorite at the moment as well. Prior
>> > to
>> > .23 Graphite was my favorite, also by Robert, and I thought it could not
>> > be
>> > outdone, he proved me wrong.
>> >
>> > MarcT
>>
>> +1 for arclight
>
> Yeah, I really like arclight too.  I did modify it a bit though.  Some extra
> backgrounds from interfacelift and I removed the "N" new program indicator,
> I delete almost everything immediately after watching so it was redundant.
> I really like the fanart/jamu stuff too.  My wife's complaint was that you
> never got to see the right side of the images, but I had the idea to setup
> xscreensaver to select from them and disabled most of the screensavers that
> don't use an image, so while we can't see the full image on the watch
> recordings screen we do see them on the screensaver.
>
> I prefer "blue-abstract" over "Arclight". In my opinion both are currently
> the best themes with the most consistency and look. Unfortunately users that
> choose the themes by the mythfrontend don't see the other themes that are
> available like "blue-abstract" because they are not included in myththemes.

pardon? blue-abstract is shown in my frontend setup.


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