[mythtv-users] Updating program info displayed

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jul 6 00:05:44 UTC 2011


On 07/05/2011 10:19 AM, DFishburn wrote:
> I have a question about changing which data is displayed as I cycle
> through the list of programs I want to playback.
>
> I always get confused between the theme and the OSD.
>
> So, as I move through the available records, the bottom of my screen
> shows this information:
> Series Title
> Episode Title
> Channel  Channel Title
> Some flags          Fri June 24, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
> Episode description
>
>
> I would like to modify this to also include the Original Airdate.  The
> only way I know to get this information is via MythWeb, which is often
> not very convenient.
>
> I believe this can be modified by editing some of the XML files under
> either:
> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/blootubelite-wide
> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/isthmus
>
>
> What I think I would like would be something like this:
> Channel  Channel Title  Original Fri Dec 24 2007, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
> Some flags          Last Fri June 24, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
>
>
> Any suggestions, and is this possible by simply editing the XML?
>

The non-playback UI is the UI Theme--the UI during playback is the OSD 
Theme.  So, since Watch Recordings is shown before getting into playback 
(used to start playback, actually), you want to edit the UI theme--which 
would be blootubelite-wide, according to the above.

Mike


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