[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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