[mythtv-users] How to disable on screen messages while watching tv/videos?
William
william_munson at comcast.net
Wed Jan 7 00:43:28 UTC 2009
Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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
>
>
Excellent idea actually.... I had forgotten that the OSD theme controls
that feature. I will look into it and see what I can come up with.
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