<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:30 PM, faginbagin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@hbuus.com" target="_blank">mythtv@hbuus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On 9/1/2014 11:19 PM, Bob wrote:<br>
> I've recently upgraded to 0.27.3 and have noticed my closed captions have a black background. The wiki mentions there is a way to configure this behavior:<br>
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> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Detailed_configuration_Frontend#Analog_Closed_Captions" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Detailed_configuration_Frontend#Analog_Closed_Captions</a><br>
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> I can't find these settings. Could they be located in another menu?<br>
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</div>That wiki article is out of date. If you look at the top of the page, you'll notice this comment:<br>
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"This page is up-to-date to MythTV version 0.23, the current release is 0.27.3"<br>
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The new way to configure your closed caption preferences is by editing osd_subtitle.xml. There is a wiki article on the subject:<br>
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Osd_subtitle.xml" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Osd_subtitle.xml</a><br>
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This file is one of many files that make up a theme. Most themes don't include it, but use the default version inherited from the "default" theme. On mythbuntu distributions, you'll find it here:<br>
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/osd_subtitle.xml<br>
One exception is the "Mythbuntu" theme, which uses different fonts than the default version.<br>
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If you want to change the display of closed captions, I suggest you first start by copying your preferred theme from its source location to your home directory. If you're using the Mythbuntu theme, the following commands will do this:<br>
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mkdir -p $HOME/.mythtv/themes<br>
cp -a /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu $HOME/.mythtv/themes<br>
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If you aren't using the Mythbuntu theme. change the second command to:<br>
cp -a /usr/share/mythtv/themes/<name-of-your-theme> $HOME/.mythtv/themes<br>
Then copy the default closed caption file:<br>
cp /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/osd_subtitle.xml $HOME/.mythtv/themes/<name-of-your-theme><br>
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Now you can change the file:<br>
$HOME/.mythtv/themes/<name-of-your-theme>/osd_subtitle.xml<br>
using your favorite editor.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Also see <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/527612#527612">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/527612#527612</a> where the OP wanted to remove the black background from .srt subtitles and add an outline for contrast.</div>
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To test your changes, you can either restart the front end, or send it a USR1 signal telling it to reload the theme, e.g.:<br>
kill -USR1 $(pgrep mythfrontend)<br><br></blockquote><div>Mythfrontend reloads osd_subtitle.xml every time you start playback, so killing mythfrontend isn't necessary.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim </div></div><br></div>
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