[mythtv] Ticket #11942: Patch: Mythburn doesn't handle themes with no intro properly

[John Pilkington]

On 11/11/13 21:18, faginbagin wrote:
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> On 11/11/2013 3:32 PM, MythTV wrote:
>> #11942: Patch: Mythburn doesn't handle themes with no intro properly
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>>    Reporter:  faginbagin <mythtv@…>  |          Owner:
>>        Type:  Patch - Bug Fix        |         Status:  new
>>    Priority:  minor                  |      Milestone:  unknown
>> Component:  Plugin - MythArchive   |        Version:  0.27-fixes
>>    Severity:  medium                 |     Resolution:
>>    Keywords:  mythburn               |  Ticket locked:  0
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>> Comment (by John Pilkington <J.Pilk@…>):
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>>    This looks as if it solves a problem I never knew I had.  I perhaps worked
>>    around it by using whiteintro instead of the agressive mythtv_intro.  I
>>    now have MythCenter_-_Animated-Nointro defined and going straight to the
>>    title menu.  Thanks, Helen.
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>>    As a side effect it removes the visible MythTV branding.
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>> Ticket URL: <http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11942#comment:1>
>> MythTV <http://www.mythtv.org>
>> MythTV Media Center
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> Glad you could reproduce it and can see the benefits of no intro DVDs. I hate having to wait to see the menu. I hadn't tried to work around it with a shorter intro. FWIW, I fixed this for myself years ago, but I was always a release or two too far behind to share it. Finally, I've got a new machine that I'm prepping to replace my current master backend and doesn't need to be pressed into service yet, so I can afford to iron out any kinks with the latest mythtv release.
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> If you're interested, I've added other features to my 0.23 version of mythburn that I plan on porting to 0.27. For example, creating chapter marks at cut points, or if not cutting, at commercial skip marks.
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> Regards,
> Helen

Thanks for the offer, but here, for me, ad cutpoints rarely coincide 
with desirable jump points :-) Others might find it a useful option, 
though.  I rarely bother to define custom chapters, because it's quite 
time-consuming, but when I want to I can now usually make it work.

My version of mythburn.py has several tweaks too, although recently most 
have been diagnostic aids.  I still haven't merged in some of the recent 
patches that have been committed but I don't expect to use.  In general 
it's good to have patches committed but if you're running a non-standard 
system too much external movement can bring problems too.

I don't think the whiteintro version is shorter than standard;  it just 
makes less noise.

Cheers,

John