[mythtv-users] New MythTV feature - background image on list of recorded shows

[Mike Perkins]

On 13/10/14 23:53, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Dick,
>
> Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 12:24:21 AM, you wrote:
>
>> A couple of days ago a new feature showed up in MythTV. It appears that
>> a frame of the show is now used as the background for the list of
>> recorded shows. It's a nice idea for those who like that kind of thing,
>> but it also makes reading the list harder, due to issues of contrast and
>> color.
>
>> Is this a feature that can be turned on and off? If so, where would I
>> find that setting?
>
> Did you fiddle around with metadata settings, for I thing it's that.
> It came up here on the list last month. There is a setting, I think in
> Configuration > Artwork and Metadatasources; Perform daily updates of
> recording artwork. If the profile has the showing of artwork
> implemented, this activates it.
> To get rid of it, turn of this feature and clear out the artwork
> directory or switch to a profile that hasn't got this implemented.
>
Not to mention, you'll have to go through your recording schedules and uncheck 
"Look up metadata" which I think is checked by default.

Then go to the default template and turn it off there, too, to cover future 
recording schedules.

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Mike Perkins