[mythtv-users] A new MythCenterXMAS-wide theme has been added to the theme chooser

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Thu Dec 11 19:13:22 UTC 2014


On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:
>
> It's that time of year again and to add the excitement and add a little
> festive cheer to MythTV I've created a new Christmas 2014 version of the
> popular MythCenter theme which has now been added to the theme chooser for
> master and 0.27-fixes users.
>
> It simply adds some festive random backgrounds and animated snow as well
> as a Christmassy colour scheme. I'm still tinkering with it to get the font
> colours right and make some screens easier to read but I wanted to make it
> available now so others can try it before Christmas.
>
> If you use master or 0.27-fixes version v0.27.4-26-gea73ed3 or later the
> background will change every minute otherwise you will just get a random
> background when the frontend starts.
>
> You can add your own background images to the themes 'backgrounds'
> directory and they will be automatically randomly shown. If you have some
> nice backgrounds that are free to use then send them to me and I will add
> them to the theme.
>
> For added effect search for HappyChristmasradio in MythMusic's Radio
> Stream player and leave it playing in the background while you use MythTV :)
>
> If you spot any obvious problems let me know and I will be happy to fix
> them but remember the golden rule this is just a bit of fun and I know I'm
> bad at this sort of stuff so no need to tell me. If you don't like it don't
> whine just don't use it :)
>
> Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to all MythTV users.
>
> Paul H.
>
>

Hi,

This sounds really cool, are some screenshots available?

Thanks,
Matt
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