[mythtv-theming] Random fanart

Eric Smith erictsmith at gmail.com
Wed Feb 16 14:30:04 UTC 2011


On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Elkin Fricke <managementboy at gmail.com>wrote:

> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Eric Smith <erictsmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've begun work on a new theme and am considering the use of "random
> >> fanart" on some of the menu screens.  In my local installation this
> works
> >> fine by just pointing an imagetype at the path to my fanart directory,
> but
> >> is there a more universal way of doing this?
> >>
> >
> > No.  Fanart is only supported on a per-window basis (Specifically in
> > MythGame, MythVideo, and Watch Recordings, and only in the context of the
> > selected item), and nowhere in the menus at present.
> > Robert
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I also like the idea that Eric suggested. If I get him right, all we
> themers would need is a way to use the "template" tag to tell
> mythfrontend that the imagetype path is the one from the storage group
> "banners", "fanart" etc. I guess it could look like this.
>
> <imagetype name="random-fanart">
>    <filename>%SG-FANART%</filename>
> </imagetype>
>
> Should I place this into the wiki as a feature request?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Elkin
>

I am happy to attempt a patch if there is interest.  I was considering a few
different implementations but I think what Elkin proposed is simple and does
the job we're looking for.
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