[mythtv-users] Classic menu theme 'DVD' top-level item in 0.21

[Enigma]

>  I've just upgraded to MythTV 0.21, previously using 0.20.2. I use the
> 'classic' menu theme (the one with TV, Music, Videos, etc. as top-level
> items) as I find it the most intuitive.
>
> In 0.20, there was a top-level DVD menu, under which were the options to
> Play DVD, Play VCD, Rip DVD and Eject media. Now in 0.21 there is no
> top-level DVD menu and these commands are instead inside the Videos
> menu. I find this unintuitive.
>
> I realise that this is to do with the removal of mythdvd and the merger
> of its functions into mythvideo. But is it necessary for the end-user to
> 'see' this change? The menu structure shouldn't be that closely linked
> to the underlying structure, should it?
>
> Is there a way to edit the classic menu theme to restore DVD as a
> top-level menu item? I've been looking at
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/tags/release-0-20-2/mythtv/themes/classic/mainmenu.xml 
>
> (the old 0.20 top-level menu),
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/tags/release-0-21/mythtv/themes/classic/mainmenu.xml 
>
> (the new 0.21 top-level menu) and
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/tags/release-0-21/mythplugins/mythvideo/theme/menus/videomenu.xml 
>
> (the new 0.21 Videos menu), but I'm not sure how to selectively move
> some of the new Videos menu items to a new menu and link to it from the
> top-level.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John

The default theme has a top level "Optical Disks" entry, you should be 
able to add it to the top-level theme file for classic 
(/usr/share/mythtv/themes/classic/mainmenu.xml on my machine)

  <button>
     <type>MENU_OPTICAL_DISKS</type>
     <text>Optical Disks</text>
     <text lang="IT">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="DE">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="FR">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="IS">Geisladiskar</text>
     <text lang="NL">DVD/CD</text>
     <text lang="SV">Optiska diskar</text>
     <text 
lang="JA"><E3><82><AA><E3><83><97><E3><83><86><E3><82><A3><E3><82><AB><E3><83><AB><E3><83><87>
<E3><82><A3><E3><82><B9><E3><82><AF></text>
     <text lang="FI">DVD ja CD</text>
     <text lang="ZH_TW"><E5><85><89><E7><A2><9F></text>
     <text lang="SI">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="ET">DVD ja CD</text>
     <text lang="NB">CD-/DVD-stasjoner</text>
     <text lang="DK">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="ES">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="EN_GB">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="PT">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="CZ">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="RU">CD/DVD</text>
     <text lang="AR"><D8><AA><D8><B4><D8><BA><D9><8A><D9><84> 
<D8><A5><D8><B3><D8><B7><D9><88><D8><A7><D9>
<86><D8><A7><D8><AA></text>
     <text lang="PL">Dyski optyczne</text>
     <text lang="HE"><D7><93><D7><99><D7><A1><D7><A7><D7><99><D7><9D> 
<D7><90><D7><95><D7><A4><D7><98><D7>
<99><D7><9D></text>
     <action>MENU optical_menu.xml</action>
     <depends>mythmusic mythvideo mytharchive mythburn</depends>
  </button>
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