[mythtv] Ticket #13202: playback doesn't start at begining

[John Pilkington]

On 07/01/18 13:06, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/06/2018 08:57 PM, David Engel wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 10:06:46PM +0000, Roger Siddons wrote:
>>> And you would like to disable it as well.
>>>
>>> Shall I just add a simple setting until we work out where we're going
>>> with this ?
>> I'm usually in the group opposing new settings, but in this case, I
>> suppose yes.
> 
> How about in the Play Group settings ( 
> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/master/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/playgroup.cpp 
> )?  Then users can assign play groups (including default) to start at 
> the desired time on a per-recording-rule basis.  Or, at least make it a 
> live setting (that's not buried in the settings pages) that is changed 
> during playback and remembered. IMHO, making it another setting just 
> grouped in the main/global settings is just a sign of developers not 
> knowing (agreeing) what they want the program to do, as opposed to a 
> setting to allow users to choose how MythTV works for various different 
> recordings made from various channels (like channels that don't care 
> about their "unimportant" shows as long as their sporting events are 
> broadcast in full) and/or on various different days (like days with lots 
> of earlier-broadcast sports) that may or may not experience delays from 
> the broadcast.
> 
> Note: the Play Group settings include things like the jump/skip amounts 
> and initial time stretch.
> 
> Mike

It seems to me that this was all chewed over when the 'mythical' 
bookmark first appeared.  Broadcasters will often not adhere to their 
schedules and myth provides jump forward/backward keys.  The biggest 
problem is understanding what is happening when first encountering the 
effect.

John P