[mythtv-users] blue abstract theme problems

[Roy Lofthouse]

2010/1/4 Robert Siebert <trebor_s at web.de>:
> Am Montag, 4. Januar 2010 schrieb scram69:
>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Roy Lofthouse <lofty69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> 2010/1/3 Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com>:
>> >>>> Theme looks great.  However the status icons(flag, stereo, broadcast
>> >>>> etc...) don't work.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> They are all highlighted on the screen.  Only thing that changes when
>> >>>> going through my list of recordings are things like
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sound
>> >>>> 720/1080
>> >>>>
>> >>>> When the program is recording it shows a green spiral.  When the
>> >>>> program is flagging it shows a red spiral.  When it is done the spiral
>> >>>> stops.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Am I missing something here or should the icons be changing? like the
>> >>>> do with other themes.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Mythbuntu .22
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>> >>> Using this theme myself (although a previous version as mine doesn't
>> >>> have the recording effects) and dont see this issue.  Are you running
>> >>> QT or OpenGL as you'll need to be using OpenGL for the effects to
>> >>> work.
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>> >> This is what I have installed -
>> >>
>> >> ii  libgl1-mesa-dri                      7.6.0-1ubuntu4
>> >>             A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- D
>> >> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx                      7.6.0-1ubuntu4
>> >>             A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- G
>> >> ii  libglu1-mesa                         7.6.0-1ubuntu4
>> >>             The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
>> >> ii  libqt4-opengl                        4.5.3really4.5.2-0ubuntu1
>> >>             Qt 4 OpenGL module
>> >>
>> >> The tarball that I installed is blue-abstract-wide.2009.12.31.tar
>> >
>> > Got it.  See what your saying.  In appearance use OpenGL instead of Qt
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>> I am using this theme with OpenGL selected in Appearance, but do not
>> see the "spirals" for recording/commflag.  There are also what appear
>> to be pairs of eyes next to each recording that are very faint and
>> don't seem to do anything (maybe a "watched" indicator?).  Is there
>> something else in the settings that needs to be enabled for these to
>> work?
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>
> The pair of eyes is the "watched" indicator. They should automatically be
> active when the recording has been watched. The setting is under
> Configuration -> Settings -> TV -> Playback. There is in the top right a
> checkbox with "mark recordings as watched" or so.
>
> About the spirals. Are you using the latest theme version from 31.12.2009?
> They should work.
>
> Robert S
>
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I found this issue with the icons in general, you could still make
them out even if they were not active.  I just edited the xml file and
increased (or was that decreased) the levels of the (can't think of
the word) fading..