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

[Michael J Luich]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:33:52 -0600, Malcolm <mythtv at lds.dyndns.org> wrote:

> ----- 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?
>

Why not a configurable option?

Michael Luich
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