[mythtv] Looking at program description while watching LiveTV or recorded show

[Steven]

J. Donavan Stanley wrote:

> Greg Turnquist wrote:
>
>> The point is, I can never read the descriptions, because only a few 
>> words are visible while actually watching the show, and I am trying 
>> to dig through this code and find it's point of entry to start 
>> reading. I was looking at libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp, and found 
>> TV::DoInfo(). Is this the point of entry for drawing that widget on 
>> the screen? If not, where is it?
>>  
>>
>
> What OSD theme are you using?  It's pretty rare when I have a 
> description that doesn't fit.

I see this using every OSD theme there is (even Titivilus-OSD that has 
the biggest description area of them all). I guess it depends on how 
much data your grabber provides.

A typical movie description using the Belgian grabber :

 select description from program where title like "%murder at%";
| Het Witte Huis staat in rep en roer: een jonge vrouw werd vermoord 
aangetroffen in de toiletten, niet ver van de vertrekken van president 
Jack Neil. Rechercheur Harlan Regis leidt het onderzoek, maar hij wordt 
tegengewerkt door de CIA, de geheime diensten en de veiligheidsagenten 
van het Witte Huis. Toch komt Regis erachter dat het slachtoffer een van 
de liefjes was van de zoon van de president... |