[mythtv] [PATCH] Add help text to audio device selection

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Fri Jun 25 22:55:31 EDT 2004


Isaac Richards wrote:

>>btw, have you had a chance to look at the patch titled "Clear bookmarks
>>from watch recordings"?  It included that option as well as a cleanup of
>>the watch recordings info menu.  Thanks for taking a look at this.
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>I'm trying to decide -- those menus are getting awfully full, and I really 
>don't want to have to go to two pages of menus..  Might be a better solution, 
>though, I dunno. 
>  
>
One thing I've been thinking of is also how better to utilize the 
Recording Groups and it kinds fits in with your concern.  I've always 
felt it odd that recording groups hold the Menu button slot since that 
button seems very "prominent" to me for such a small list of options.  
I've tried to come up with a good UI method of showing the current 
recording group and utilizing a left/right arrow method of changing 
groups but it never seems to work right in my head.  My other thought 
has been to map the TOGGLERECORD button to cycle through the recording 
groups similar to how the button cycles through the recording methods in 
the EPG.  In all honesty, the "/" button would be more appropriate to 
mirror the favorites functionality of the EPG but I don't have that 
mapped on my remote so it also seems odd to me.

But say we did have the group cycling on a button instead of MENU, this 
would allow us to use both the MENU and INFO buttons to hold what is now 
flowing over into two screens of menus from INFO.  This would alleviate 
your concern over two screens of menus, albeit, it would be two menus 
but the functions could be logically grouped so that items on the 
Advanced menu fall to the MENU button with the items most used now left 
on the INFO button where people expect them.  The only issue I see with 
this is that something would need to be added to support the 
configuration of the recording group passwords which would now be 
orphaned.  I've felt also that this belonged more in setup then in Watch 
Recordings and maybe it could end up there.

Just some thoughts.  Thanks again for your consideration.

Kevin


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