[mythtv-users] How to disable on screen messages while watching tv/videos?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jan 7 00:26:34 UTC 2009


On 01/06/2009 05:20 PM, William wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>   
>> On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:41 PM, William wrote:
>>     
>>> I asked this before on both this and the dev list last week but got no
>>> answers so I will try again....
>>>
>>> Is there a way to disable the messages that get superimposed on the
>>> video like the commercial skip notifications? I already compile from
>>> source and have no issues with patching the code. (Already do for
>>> another issue.)  Or if there is a database hack that would work too.
>>>       
>> You got a response that if you turn off OSD fade you will probably  
>> avoid the problem you're experiencing when the OSD appears/disappears.  
>> Did you try that?
>> The short answer it no, there is no existing patch that turns it off  
>> in the way that you're asking.
> For some reason I did not see that answer. OSD fade is already off. This 
> is really only a HD issue since I have to use xvmc. I can dig into the 
> code and find the line that displays the pop-up and disable it in code 
> however I have not had any luck finding that bit of code yet. C++ is not 
> my strong suite.

Write a new OSD theme that doesn't actually display anything.

Mike


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