[mythtv-users] Missing 'themeinfo.xml' error with MythTV 0.22

[Gavin Whitehead]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 02/17/2010 09:29 AM, Gavin Whitehead wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I am quite new to MythTV but recently downloaded 0.22 and installed 
>> in on my Xubuntu 9.10 system.
>> I have downloaded several of the themes available at 
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:Themes and untared them in to 
>> /usr/share/mythtv/themes.  However, none of them appear in the Themes 
>> drop down in the front end. I have checked the front end log file and 
>> found the following log lines:
>>
>> WARNING: The theme (bando-blue) is missing a themeinfo.xml file, 
>> ignoring.
>> WARNING: The theme (BlueCurves-2.1-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml 
>> file, ignoring.
>> WARNING: The theme (SimpleGray-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml file, 
>> ignoring.
>>
>> Searching this mailing list didn't reveal any reference to the 
>> 'themeinfo.xml' file.  Can anyone help me out here?
>
> Those are 3rd-party themes that the author hasn't updated.  You can 
> look at a themeinfo.xml from a "real" theme (one that's actually 
> distributed with Myth) to see what it looks like and I'm sure you can 
> create one for it.
>
> Note, however, that the theme engine was changed significantly after 
> MythTV 0.21, so for non-OSD themes (bando-blue, perhaps?), it's quite 
> likely that the theme has all sorts of other problems, too.  (I 
> haven't tried it, though, so I can't say for sure.)
>
> The OSD theme engine will be completely replaced soon, too (likely 
> after 0.23, but before 0.24).  At that point, the OSD themes will need 
> redone, too.
>
> Mike
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Mike,

Thanks for that.

So basically the only themes available for MythTV are those that ship 
with it.  There isn't a /thriving/ community of fans producing themes?


Gav