[mythtv-users] ability to do "quick" manual recording ?

[Tom Lichti]

Ricardo Kleemann wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I was wondering if there's a way to setup manual recordings without going
>into the scheduler setup.
>
>For example, some VCRs will allow you to do one-touch recording, and then if
>you press record again, it will allow you to incrementally setup the
>recording for 0:30, 1:00, 1:30, and so on... so specify the length of
>recording time very easily.
>
>It would be really really nice to have a feature like that in mythtv... like
>pressing "R" multiple times... is this possible? Maybe a feature request?
>
>The manual recording is quite nice for future recordings... but if I want to
>record live tv for say 2 hours, starting now, it's quite cumbersome to have
>to go out of live tv, then go into the scheduler and so on.
>
>  
>
Go into the EPG and press record on the program you are watching (should 
only be two button presses). It might actually work if you just press 
record while watching Live TV, but I've never tried it as I don't watch 
Live TV.

Tom