[mythtv-users] RE: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 12, Issue 103

[Malcolm]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Doherty" <dohertyr at research.panasonic.com>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 4:49 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] RE: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 12, Issue 103

>  - I tend to watch only recorded programs and videos.  But my
> wife watches a
> lot of live TV and surfs a lot.  Here, Tivo is simply better
> than Myth.
> ...If the Tivo is recording
> a show and you select live TV, the Tivo simply lets you watch
> the recording program instead of telling you to go to the "Watch
> Recordings" area, like Myth does.
>

>>I patched my installation to do exactly this behavior -- if you choose
>>live tv and it's recording something, it simply starts to playback
>>whatever is being recorded.  I never submitted it as an official patch
>>because Isaac was clear that he didn't like that behavior (email of
>>August 6, 2003).  I can send it to you if you like, though it's a pretty
>>trivial change.

>>--Rich


I like that behavior a lot.  How about if it did an OSD stating you are
watching a recording in progress and the channel can't be changed or
something of that nature?