[mythtv-users] Osd fadeout time

[Joseph Fry]

>
> > > I think osd fadeout time is little annoying - it is too long.
> > > I don't mean time when it starts fading but time when it appears and
> > > then disappears. It is about 5 seconds.
> > >
> > > Regarding this thread it is configurable:
> > >
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/d930e1adea42e29ebe3b8272efa45e9aff253b1d/mythtv
> >
> >
> >That's the plan. I'm not done with the changes, yet, though. Current
> >options are to edit the source to change the values or live with the
> >current timeouts.
> >
> >Mike
>
>
> Thanks for working on this, Mike.
> Adjustable OSD timeouts are a feature that many of us would love to
> have, so we appreciate your efforts!
>
> I'm not sure if it is in the plans, but with your changes, will we be
> able to change the OSD timeout based on the action?
>
> For example, I would love to have a very very short timeout (less than
> 1 second) when changing the volume, but a "normal" length timeout when
> fast forwarding, etc.  The reason being, when the volume is too loud
> or too soft, users will adjust it based on their ear- reading the
> percentage value on the OSD isn't really important.   When the OSD has
> items that *DO* need to be read (channel change, etc), it makes sense
> to have the OSD persist for a longer duration.
>

While your at it... I want to have a very long... or NO timeout on the
audio sync OSD.  It's such a pain when it disappears while your waiting for
some dialog so you can adjust it... so you jump into the menu bring up the
OSD again, and inevitably the dialog stopped and the process repeats.
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