[mythtv] [PATCH] Cancel a recording when no free recorder for live tv

Jeremiah Morris jm at whpress.com
Fri Jan 21 17:22:53 EST 2005


On 21 Jan 2005, at 4:15 PM, Brad Templeton wrote:

> c) If user tries to change channel while really in a recording

This won't work with Myth's current structure. Live TV and recordings 
are very different, with different keybindings for many actions. If the 
user doesn't know if he's in a recording vs. live TV, he will get very 
confused when the keys don't work as expected.

One prerequisite to unifying live TV and recordings is a redesign of 
the interface; for instance, the EPG is only available in live TV, 
while editing features are only available while watching recordings. 
With these differences in place, the user must be informed of the 
current video mode, and hiding the details is impossible. It's better 
to fix these problems, before you decide to dump the user straight into 
a recording when he expected live TV.

- Jeremiah



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