[mythtv-theming] mythbuntu theme - modifications or reversions?

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Mon Oct 6 18:27:35 UTC 2014


On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Brian Chabun <bchabun at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a beginner with MythTV in general and same with themes.  I'm using
> Ubuntu 14.04 with MythTV from the regular repositories.
>
> I'm using MythTV to manage my video library (not TV recordings -- my old
dvd
> and now bluray collection)
>
> I would like to modify the 'Browse' view (large 'fanart' and horizontal
> thumbnails) to make it a bit more like a 'movie guide' (remember the old
> books that summarize/critique in a short paragraph).  To that end I was
> wondering if I could add an area on screen that contains the movie
> description.  Something like what appears in 'manage' view but covering a
> smaller are of the screen.
>
> I've looked at video-ui.xml and have manage to make sense of bits of it
> (exploring <window name="browser">) but haven't been able to effect any
> substantive changes.
>
> So the question is: where do I make little modifications like this?
>
>
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You can take a look at the fixes/0.26 branch of the Mythbuntu theme which
kinda had what you want (see screenshot). You can get it by doing a git
clone of the theme and doing a checkout of fixes/0.26 from
https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu


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-- 
Thanks,

Thomas Mashos
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