[mythtv-users] modifying themes for lesser opacity; more transparency

[Nick Rout]

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

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