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mythbuntu theme - modifications or reversions?
bchabun at gmail
Oct 6, 2014, 10:27 AM
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I'm a beginner with MythTV in general and same with themes. I'm using
Ubuntu 14.04 with MythTV from the regular repositories.

I'm using MythTV to manage my video library (not TV recordings -- my old
dvd and now bluray collection)

I would like to modify the 'Browse' view (large 'fanart' and horizontal
thumbnails) to make it a bit more like a 'movie guide' (remember the old
books that summarize/critique in a short paragraph). To that end I was
wondering if I could add an area on screen that contains the movie
description. Something like what appears in 'manage' view but covering a
smaller are of the screen.

I've looked at video-ui.xml and have manage to make sense of bits of it
(exploring <window name="browser">) but haven't been able to effect any
substantive changes.

So the question is: where do I make little modifications like this?
Re: mythbuntu theme - modifications or reversions? [ In reply to ]
thomas at mashos
Oct 6, 2014, 11:27 AM
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On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Brian Chabun <bchabun@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a beginner with MythTV in general and same with themes. I'm using
> Ubuntu 14.04 with MythTV from the regular repositories.
>
> I'm using MythTV to manage my video library (not TV recordings -- my old
dvd
> and now bluray collection)
>
> I would like to modify the 'Browse' view (large 'fanart' and horizontal
> thumbnails) to make it a bit more like a 'movie guide' (remember the old
> books that summarize/critique in a short paragraph). To that end I was
> wondering if I could add an area on screen that contains the movie
> description. Something like what appears in 'manage' view but covering a
> smaller are of the screen.
>
> I've looked at video-ui.xml and have manage to make sense of bits of it
> (exploring <window name="browser">) but haven't been able to effect any
> substantive changes.
>
> So the question is: where do I make little modifications like this?
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-theming mailing list
> mythtv-theming@mythtv.org
> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-theming
>

You can take a look at the fixes/0.26 branch of the Mythbuntu theme which
kinda had what you want (see screenshot). You can get it by doing a git
clone of the theme and doing a checkout of fixes/0.26 from
https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu


​


--
Thanks,

Thomas Mashos

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Re: mythbuntu theme - modifications or reversions? [ In reply to ]
thomas at mashos
Oct 6, 2014, 1:16 PM
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On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Brian Chabun <bchabun@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a beginner with MythTV in general and same with themes. I'm using
> Ubuntu 14.04 with MythTV from the regular repositories.
>
> I'm using MythTV to manage my video library (not TV recordings -- my old dvd
> and now bluray collection)
>
> I would like to modify the 'Browse' view (large 'fanart' and horizontal
> thumbnails) to make it a bit more like a 'movie guide' (remember the old
> books that summarize/critique in a short paragraph). To that end I was
> wondering if I could add an area on screen that contains the movie
> description. Something like what appears in 'manage' view but covering a
> smaller are of the screen.
>
> I've looked at video-ui.xml and have manage to make sense of bits of it
> (exploring <window name="browser">) but haven't been able to effect any
> substantive changes.
>
> So the question is: where do I make little modifications like this?
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-theming mailing list
> mythtv-theming@mythtv.org
> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-theming
>

Sorry if you receive a double email, the first is being held because
of the size. I've moved the image out so this one should make it fine.

You can take a look at the fixes/0.26 branch of the Mythbuntu theme
which kinda had what you want (see http://ibin.co/1cpiePxAO1Mu ). You
can get it by doing a git clone of the theme and doing a checkout of
fixes/0.26 from https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu


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Thanks,

Thomas Mashos
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Re: mythbuntu theme - modifications or reversions? [ In reply to ]
bchabun at gmail
Oct 8, 2014, 9:50 AM
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Thanks, I'll take a look.

Has the 0.26 branch been abandoned in favour of the current design?

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas@mashos.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Brian Chabun <bchabun@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm a beginner with MythTV in general and same with themes. I'm using
> > Ubuntu 14.04 with MythTV from the regular repositories.
> >
> > I'm using MythTV to manage my video library (not TV recordings -- my old
> dvd
> > and now bluray collection)
> >
> > I would like to modify the 'Browse' view (large 'fanart' and horizontal
> > thumbnails) to make it a bit more like a 'movie guide' (remember the old
> > books that summarize/critique in a short paragraph). To that end I was
> > wondering if I could add an area on screen that contains the movie
> > description. Something like what appears in 'manage' view but covering a
> > smaller are of the screen.
> >
> > I've looked at video-ui.xml and have manage to make sense of bits of it
> > (exploring <window name="browser">) but haven't been able to effect any
> > substantive changes.
> >
> > So the question is: where do I make little modifications like this?
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-theming mailing list
> > mythtv-theming@mythtv.org
> > http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-theming
> >
>
> You can take a look at the fixes/0.26 branch of the Mythbuntu theme which
> kinda had what you want (see screenshot). You can get it by doing a git
> clone of the theme and doing a checkout of fixes/0.26 from
> https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu
>
>
> ​
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-theming mailing list
> mythtv-theming@mythtv.org
> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-theming
>
>

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Re: mythbuntu theme - modifications or reversions? [ In reply to ]
thomas at mashos
Oct 8, 2014, 10:13 AM
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The 0.26 branch was abandoned when 0.26 stopped being developed. The branch
names are not the same as the theme version (this is a recent change, as
they used to be linked)

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Brian Chabun <bchabun@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, I'll take a look.
>
> Has the 0.26 branch been abandoned in favour of the current design?
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas@mashos.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Brian Chabun <bchabun@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm a beginner with MythTV in general and same with themes. I'm using
>> > Ubuntu 14.04 with MythTV from the regular repositories.
>> >
>> > I'm using MythTV to manage my video library (not TV recordings -- my
>> old dvd
>> > and now bluray collection)
>> >
>> > I would like to modify the 'Browse' view (large 'fanart' and horizontal
>> > thumbnails) to make it a bit more like a 'movie guide' (remember the old
>> > books that summarize/critique in a short paragraph). To that end I was
>> > wondering if I could add an area on screen that contains the movie
>> > description. Something like what appears in 'manage' view but covering
>> a
>> > smaller are of the screen.
>> >
>> > I've looked at video-ui.xml and have manage to make sense of bits of it
>> > (exploring <window name="browser">) but haven't been able to effect any
>> > substantive changes.
>> >
>> > So the question is: where do I make little modifications like this?
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > mythtv-theming mailing list
>> > mythtv-theming@mythtv.org
>> > http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-theming
>> >
>>
>> You can take a look at the fixes/0.26 branch of the Mythbuntu theme which
>> kinda had what you want (see screenshot). You can get it by doing a git
>> clone of the theme and doing a checkout of fixes/0.26 from
>> https://github.com/MythTV-Themes/Mythbuntu
>>
>>
>> ​
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Thomas Mashos
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> mythtv-theming mailing list
>> mythtv-theming@mythtv.org
>> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-theming
>>
>>
>
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>
>


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