[mythtv-users] Program starttime in EPG?

[Thomas Pontoppidan]

2013/2/19 Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com>

> Thomas Pontoppidan <spamt at pontoppidan.name> wrote on Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at
> 11:21:10AM +0100:
> > 2013/2/16 Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com>
> >
> > > Thomas Pontoppidan <spamt at pontoppidan.name> wrote on Sat, Feb 16,
> 2013 at
> > > 12:18:15PM +0100:
> > > > Is it possible to add the starttime of a program in the guide?
> > > >
> > > > My wife is very unhappy with not being able to tell the exact start
> time
> > > of
> > > > a show in the program guide. I have searched the schedule-ui.xml
> file and
> > > > specifically the "Guidegrid" part searching for a definition of the
> > > content
> > > > of the program title field, but so far no luck.
> > > >
> > > > What I would like is to add the starttime before the title of each
> show
> > > in
> > > > the grid. Is that possible and if so, how?
> > > >
> > > > BTW: I'm using the Mythbuntu theme.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure about adding the starttime to each cell of the grid, but
> > > you can add it to area above the grid where the details for the
> > > currently selected program are displayed. You could add it as its own
> > > textarea, or you could prepend it to an existing textarea using the
> > > template tag. For example, in my local version of Mythbuntu, I changed
> > > the template for the description textarea to:
> > >
> > > <template>(%STARTTIME% - %ENDTIME%) %LONGREPEAT% %YEARSTARS|
> > > %%DESCRIPTION%</template>
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Joey! I showed my wife your solution on my master BE (combined
> > BE/FE) and she was happy. However, when I try to do the same on my main
> FE
> > nothing happens:(
> >
> > I Don't remember the correct way (if any) to modify a theme and have the
> > changes survive an upgrade, but I made the changes to schedule-ui.xml
> both
> > in the "Default" and the "Mythbuntu" directory. This did the trick on the
> > BE, but on the FE no luck.
> >
> > Has there been recent changes in the Mythbuntu theme that could explain
> > this? My FE is v. 25.30 while the BE is probably an older version of the
> > theme.
>
> The easiest way to modify a theme and have the changes survive an
> upgrade is to copy the theme to your ~/.mythtv/themes directory and give
> it a new name inside themeinfo.xml.
>
> Are you sure you edited the right theme on your FE? Do you already
> have one called Mythbuntu in ~/.mythtv/themes, but you edited the one
> in /usr/share/...? Are there any error messages in the frontend log?


Bingo - that was it:-) There was a copy in ~/.mythtv/themes
Thank you!
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