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

[Henk Poley]

>Van: Joel Melohn <jlmelohn at jcsm.com>
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Richard Doherty
>>> From: Peter Lee <petel at cs.cmu.edu>
>>> 
>>>  - 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.
>
> I would be interested in the change that you made.

Yes this is definatly interesting. Rich, could you spend some more time on
it and make it an option in Setup ('display warning'/'switch to
playback'/'switch to watch recordings area')? And maybe add some OSD
message 'Recording in progress\nStarting playback'.

I think that Isaac then will accept the patch.

I never seen a TiVo or something the like, but this MythTV design choise
seemed a bit akward to me too.

	Henk Poley <><