[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7994: Clear the bookmark at the end of playback

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/30/2010 10:02 AM, MythTV wrote:
> #7994: Clear the bookmark at the end of playback
>
>  When exiting playback, normally the bookmark is set.  However, if playback
>  exits near the end of the recording/video, the bookmark is not set,
>  causing inconsistent behavior next time the recording/video is played.
>  This is because when exiting in the middle of the program, it always
>  resumes from the same point, but when exiting at the end, the resume point
>  depends on whether a bookmark was previously set.
>
>  It would be more consistent to always clear the bookmark when playback
>  exits near the end.  This patch does that.
>   

I considered doing this when fixing
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/7049 , but after much discussion with
various people, I was told that many users set "permanent" bookmarks on
certain files, so we leave the bookmark for them.  I've been told some
do this to ensure a specific preview pixmap and others do it because a
couple user start watching the show together, but they end up watching
the end separately, or ...

I think that a user who wants the bookmark cleared after using it needs
to enable:

Clear bookmark on playback
Automatically clear the bookmark on a recording when the recording is
played back.  If disabled, you can mark the beginning with rewind then
save position.

Unfortunately, we don't have one that says, "If I don't set a new
bookmark while watching this show, clear any bookmarks upon exit," (and
we don't even really have a good way to find out when the last bookmark
was set).

Mike