[mythtv-users] modifying themes for lesser opacity; more transparency

[Joey Morris]

A Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:52:48AM -0500:
> Hello all,
> I am currently running 0.26 version. While I love a few themes including
> Graphite, Arclight, I end up using MythUbuntu & Willi only for the fact
> that when I am under shows/videos, the ones I like tend to be too opaque -
> meaning the description or the Title of the movie tends to not show enough
> fanart that is in the background.
> 
> Is there some way to modify "something" (I am being vague since I don't
> know where/what to change) that will allow me to customize the theme
> settings in a way that I can increase the transparency?

Your themes are stored in ~/.mythtv/themes. You should see directories
for Arclight, Graphite, etc. I'd recommend making a copy of the theme
directory you want to modify and name it something like
Arclight-local. Edit the themeinfo.xml file and change the <name>
attribute. This is so the Theme Chooser will recognize your modified
theme as distinct from the original.

To change the transparency, you'll need to edit the <alpha> attributes
in the various xml files. The files and widgets are described in the
wiki at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development.