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

[Mike Carron]

On 12/16/2014 03:28 AM, paul wrote:
> Thank you for that theme, everyone in the house has changed their 
> frontends to display it.
>
> Paul.
>
> On 11/12/14 19:05, Paul Harrison 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.
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It does look great, on the 2 Zotac ID36 (Atom/Ion) FEs at least, the 
Zotac AD03 (AMD Fusion E-350) FE only lists Mythbuntu 28.16, Terra 1.4, 
MythCenter 1.2 and MythCenter Wide 1.7. Is there something about the AMD 
Catalyst display driver that would prevent some themes from being presented?

mike