[mythtv-users] Jump to % of show?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/05/2009 11:16 AM, John P Poet wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>   
>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Travis Tabbal wrote:
>>> I set this up in mplayer. Is there an option for it with the internal Myth
>>> player? I just mapped the number buttons in lirc to jump to % points in the
>>> show, 1 is 10%, 2 is 20%, etc.. Can Myth do this?
>>>       
>> Yes, press the number and then the skip key and you get the same
>> functionality.
> A number and the skip button (forward or backwards) moves you that
> many minutes relative to the current position.
>
> A number and the I (info) button moves you to that absolute position
> in the show.

Yep, unless the number is > 99, at which point, rather than being 
minutes, it's H+:MM, so 99 is 99 minutes and 100 is 60 minutes (1:00 
hours) and 999 is 10hrs and 39min (because of the crazy combination of 
hours and minutes greater than 60), which is identical to 1039 (so don't 
use the crazy stuff).

My recommendation is to use minutes from 0-59 (or 60), then above 60, 
use H+:MM, so 101, 110, 240, etc.

There's also <number> Rew (<), which takes you to that much time from 
the start of the show (i.e. identical to <number> I) or--more 
useful--<number> FFwd (>), which takes you to that much time from the 
end, i.e. to allow you to verify that you got the whole show by hitting 
2> to verify you see end credits.  Very useful on those 
mid-day/mid-night movies that are often (at least here) delayed by 10-15 
minutes.

Mike