Kill the OSD

[captain slug]

Is there anyway to remove the OSD completely from a skin? It really gets in the way of subtitles so I'd like to just eliminate it entirely.
I've try editing out parts of the osd/skin.xml files that I don't want but the changes I make seem to have no effect. Particularly annoying is the background image under the lower part.

[sub]

If you set the minimial OSD option in the config app, you'll hardly ever see it.

[dottore]

you could set the osd-transparency to 0 or 1 in the config.xml ;-)

[captain slug]

you could set the osd-transparency to 0 or 1 in the config.xml ;-)

Yeah, I found this in another post and it worked like a charm.
The OSD was getting in the way of Anime subtitles, which sometimes move too fast and require me to pause or time-shift.

[fiteclub]

I tried the "show minimal OSD" check box in the config program and it caused a problem with my Hauppauge remote. With it checked, the numerical buttons on the remote did not work and I could not input channel numbers. Unchecking and things went back to normal. Also, with it checked, the OSD did not display while fast forwarding but did appear when I paused. This is annoying especially when trying to pause during sports programs because the OSD covers up so much of the screen. I guess the only solution is the the transparency feature in config.xml?

[sub]

I tried the "show minimal OSD" check box in the config program and it caused a problem with my Hauppauge remote. With it checked, the numerical buttons on the remote did not work and I could not input channel numbers.

There was a bug which would require you to press the enter key to change channels when using the minimal OSD. Its fixed in the newest versions.