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On Oct 21, 2012 9:16 AM, "A Desai" <<a href="mailto:ashu.desai@gmail.com">ashu.desai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 3:15 PM, A Desai <<a href="mailto:ashu.desai@gmail.com">ashu.desai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Joey Morris <<a href="mailto:rjmorris@nc.rr.com">rjmorris@nc.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> A Desai <<a href="mailto:ashu.desai@gmail.com">ashu.desai@gmail.com</a>> wrote on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:52:48AM -0500:<br>
>>> > Hello all,<br>
>>> > I am currently running 0.26 version. While I love a few themes including<br>
>>> > Graphite, Arclight, I end up using MythUbuntu & Willi only for the fact<br>
>>> > that when I am under shows/videos, the ones I like tend to be too opaque -<br>
>>> > meaning the description or the Title of the movie tends to not show enough<br>
>>> > fanart that is in the background.<br>
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>>> > Is there some way to modify "something" (I am being vague since I don't<br>
>>> > know where/what to change) that will allow me to customize the theme<br>
>>> > settings in a way that I can increase the transparency?<br>
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>>> Your themes are stored in ~/.mythtv/themes. You should see directories<br>
>>> for Arclight, Graphite, etc. I'd recommend making a copy of the theme<br>
>>> directory you want to modify and name it something like<br>
>>> Arclight-local. Edit the themeinfo.xml file and change the <name><br>
>>> attribute. This is so the Theme Chooser will recognize your modified<br>
>>> theme as distinct from the original.<br>
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>>> To change the transparency, you'll need to edit the <alpha> attributes<br>
>>> in the various xml files. The files and widgets are described in the<br>
>>> wiki at <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development</a>.<br>
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>> Thank you Jim,<br>
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>> 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.</p>
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