[mythtv-users] "Directed By" in OSD video description
Joey Morris
rjmorris.list at zoho.com
Sun Sep 8 12:56:46 UTC 2013
The description field in the OSD for a video (but not a recording)
includes the director in addition to the description, formatted like
this:
Directed By: Director Name. Description
It appears this way in the OSD but not in the Video Libray screens
themselves. At first I thought my theme was doing this, but I verified
that it wasn't. I found that this is hardcoded into the source code,
in the ProgramInfo constructor for a video.
I believe this should be left to the themer. The description field
should show the description, and the director field should show the
director. With the <template> tag, the themer could then combine the
director and description if desired. I can't think of a good reason
for MythTV to force them to be combined. The downside of forcing them
to be combined is that the themer is prevented from showing just the
description by itself in the OSD. Plus it's unexpected behavior and
inconsistent with the Video Library screens.
Should I open a ticket for this, or am I missing a good reason it's
done this way currently?
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