[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] Ticket #537: playbackbox doesn't observe "Newest recordings first" checkbox when sorting by original air date.

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Fri Oct 28 20:08:32 UTC 2005


My apologies. I accidentally hit the Send button...

John P Poet wrote:
> On 10/27/05, MythTV <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org> wrote:
>> #537: playbackbox doesn't observe "Newest recordings first" checkbox when sorting
>> by original air date.
...
> Actually, that was on purpose.

I couldn't even begin to give examples of things done on purpose
not being the best of all possibilities ;-).

> Personally, I want the episode for a specific show sorted in ascending
> order (by original air date), but I want the episodes listed under
> "All Programs" to have the newest episodes first.

I agree with Greg and this had bothered me when I first saw it
but I was never going to use this so I didn't care until someone
complained. Someone complained.

Regardless of the order you want to see, it is true that it doesn't
observe the option and returns the same order either way. I think
"Newest recordings first" is unambiguous. What happens if there are
some shows that always have original air dates and others that never
have these dates? Worse yet, what if the same title has some with and
without? I can understand wanting to sort by original air date but
it should be consistent. I think the current behavior is unnecessarily
confusing.

> If you really want the episodes listed in reverse-original-air-date
> order, I would make that a separate option.  In other words, have
> "Original Air Date (ascending)" and "Original Air Date (descending)"
> options.

I think this would be a step further in the wrong direction. If
you want the full list sorted in one direction and the title lists
sorted in the other, maybe that should be the option but I think
that is still obfuscated.

I think the lists should be sorted by the originalairdate if available
or the recording date if not, all in the same direction as the "Newest
recordings first" flag suggests. I think this is in the best interest
of anyone else in the public who wants to try this feature. Do you
agree? Can you work around this in your private production version
if you feel strongly that you need the mis-matched order?

--  bjm



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