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

[A Desai]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 3:15 PM, A Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Joey Morris <rjmorris at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
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>
> Thank you Jim,
>
> I will try that - although it seems overwhelming! There seems to be alpha
> in almost all the xml files and so now I am trying to figure out which one
> is the one that displays the "Synopsis" overlay - which is what I want to
> increase the transparency so that it shows the background fanart more.
>
> Regards
>
> Ash
>
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I apologize -- Joey.

Ash.

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