[mythtv-users] Wishlist

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 14 June 2004 22:55, Chris Jensen wrote:
> - Also, there are a lot of times when I have to exit myth music when
> I'd like the music to keep playing
> eg Changing Settings, Viewing a Slide Show, Viewing the Weather, the
> news, even when playing games etc
> And although I haven't got a TV caputre card, I dare say that when I
> do, there'll be times when I'll want the audio from the tv to keep
> playing when I do a lot of these things.
> So it'd be nice if modules that produce audio could be allowed to
> continue to run in the background at certain times.

I usually don't like to join in on "wish list" threads if I'm not 
prepared to offer code or at least code design ideas, but this is 
actually the one "killer feature" that I think would really bring Myth 
to "the next level" -- the ability for any type of media playback 
(audio, video, whatever) to continue across the entire user interface.  
Basically, a playback stream should only stop if:
  - the user cancels it
  - the stream ends
  - a different stream is activated

This probably wouldn't be *too* difficult for audio, but the real killer 
feature would be to have it for video as well -- for instance, if every 
UI screen had a "hole" in it (like the EPG when watching LiveTV) where 
any current video playback stream could still be viewed.  The hole 
would be active only if there is an active video stream.

This would be a rather significant change to the architecture, but it 
would make worlds of difference in the user experience.

Just my $.02.

-JAC