[mythtv-users] Am I on crack

[Skitals]

Brad DerManouelian-2 wrote:
> 
> On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:30 PM, Skitals wrote:
> 
>> John A. Andrunas wrote:
>> I didn't read the entire thread because I got tired of all the  
>> bickering,
>> but I do agree you should be able to keep LiveTV going while you do
>> something else on the frontend. If I recall correctly Windows MCE  
>> does this
>> more or less by keeping the live tv window in a picture in picture  
>> box if
>> you back out to the main menu while watching tv. It's no different  
>> than
>> keeping the stream going in a pip when you enter the program guide.  
>> Seem
>> kind of silly you cant do the same when you want to check the  
>> weather, read
>> rss feeds, or do whatever else.
>>
>> An even less intrusive way to implement this (and completely  
>> ignorable for
>> people that are too cool for live tv) would be to change behaviour  
>> when live
>> tv is exited while being paused. If you pause livetv before backing  
>> out, it
>> could tell myth "hey, hold my spot, I want to keep watching this in  
>> a bit"
>> and keep recording that program as livetv in the background. Do what  
>> you
>> need to do, just back into livetv and it will leave off right where  
>> you
>> paused it.
>>
>> What do you think?
> 
> That sounds great! I hope I can turn it off so my kid doesn't leave it  
> on LiveTV, forget about it, then all my programs expire to make room  
> for LiveTV all night long. Ok, so mine would never do that, but  
> someone's would and we all have to hear about it. ;)
> 
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If our imaginary feature was ever implemented, I reckon that could be
avoided by configuring a max time limit for live tv recordings.
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