[mythtv-users] Changing default value of Pg Dn/Up

Jongi jongitech at gmail.com
Sun Sep 6 01:02:49 UTC 2009


On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 18:01 -0400, Johnny wrote:
> >> You can edit key bindings from the frontend, but I prefer to use
> >> mythweb (under settings -> mythtv -> key bindings). I think the
> >> "Right" key is already bound to forward seek by default. To answer
> >> your other question the time for seeking and jumping are set in the
> >> front end under TV settings -> Playback Groups. But I would leave your
> >> pgup and pgdown alone and fix the .lircrc so that forward and reverse
> >> are mapped to "Right" and "Left". Then edit the playback group to have
> >> it skip forward and back the amount you want.
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> > Thanks. I'll have a look at the FE route. Would I add for instance seek
> > +30 to the FE editing?
> 
> No, please read my last paragraph again. You shouldn't really need to
> edit any of the key bindings. Most of the functions in mythtv are
> already bound to a key on the keyboard. They don't have settings or
> arguments, they just map to a key press. All of the mythtv settings,
> such as the amount to skip, are available in the frontend through the
> regular settings menu. You can look on the wiki, look at the key
> editor in the frontend, or my preferred method of using mythweb to see
> the current key bindings. Then generally you just edit your .lircrc
> file so that the remote button maps to the appropriate keyboard key
> that mythtv uses for that function.
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I was referring to this part of your email:

Then edit the playback group to have it skip forward and back the amount
you want.

I won't have access to my box until late tomorrow (Sunday)/ possibly
Monday. So I just want to have an idea of what I should be looking to do
to say set right/left to move 30s in the relevant direction.

Rgds
Jongi



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