[mythtv-users] Another issue w/ Mythfrontend v32 on the Nvidia Shield

[Tim Draper]

---- On Fri, 01 May 2020 16:08:01 +0100 Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote ----
 > > 1) using the mythbuntu theme, the Videos menu area text is black which obviously blends into the background and makes text unreadable. my rpi's with same theme do not do this. I had this on v30 too; it's never displayed right on my 2019 shield pro since i bought it. theres another theme that does it too but cant remember which one. I'm currently using the arclight theme iirc (blue theme) which doesnt have the problem although my eyes much prefer the mythbuntu theme. i cant tell if this is a problem with 2 specific themes on certain hardware (colour pallette?) or a build-specific issue so not sure how to bug it properly.
 > A lot of the themes are not being maintained. I recommend Steppes, it 
 > has been kept up to date with the latest changes.
I've noticed that - far less themes in v31 than 30. shame but c'est la vie. I've had a play with theming in the past and it's a lot more work than i expected and (as a beginner) i couldnt see any reason why the mythbuntu theme would be broken specifically for the sheild.
my second favorite was the mythAeon theme but that too is gone. I'm curently using the blue arc theme which is working well so far...

 > > 2) the shield has a built in screensaver after X period - takes you to the picture-album-of-the-day with clock on it. Lets say you pause a mythtv recording, leave it long enough so screensaver kicks in, and when you return mythtv forgets where you paused and returns to the beginning of the recording. While it's easy to add a bookmark when you pause, if you forget then you end up having to manually seek back to where you paused. v30 didnt do this so specific to the v31 apk.
 > Do you have the same behavior with pressing the home button on shield to 
 > get to the android home and then going back into mythfrontend? That 
 > should be the equivalent from the application point of view, and maybe 
 > has the same problem.

pressing home in a recording & re-entering mythtv will drop you back to the recordings menu and without a bookmark saved.  Vague recollection theres a bookmark behaviour setting that might handle that specific bahaviour (auto-bookmark at playback stop), but wouldn't fix the pause & screensaver issue. I've just extended the screensaver kick-in time from 2-3 minutes to 10. Since i'm still on a 1080p plasma TV, having a long fixed image on screen isnt ideal.