[mythtv-users] 0.25 Music

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Mar 20 17:54:36 UTC 2012


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:07:11AM +0000, Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 19/03/12 23:32, David Watkins wrote:
> > On 19 March 2012 23:04, Scott & Nicole Harris <snharris99 at live.com> wrote:
> >>> From: Paul Harrison
> >>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:15 PM
> >>> To: Discussion about MythTV
> >>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.25 Music
> >>> On 12/03/12 23:43, John Hoyt wrote:
> >>>>>> I MUCH prefer the interface in mythtv. Select a Series (*cough* artist)
> >>>>>> on the left), right arrow, scroll and select an episode (*cough* album)
> >>>>>> and push PLAY..
> >>>> I could not agree more on this point.
> >>>>
> >>> On the playlist editor screen Artist find the Artist you want then the
> >>> Album or track you want to play, press SELECT or MENU then chose Replace
> >>> and track(s) you selected will play.
> >> There does not appear to be any such option (unless I am not understanding
> >> you).  I am in the tree, go to a track press Menu; there are a lot of
> >> options, but Replace is not one of them (not under "playlist Options"
> >> either).  If I press select , it simply checks the track and adds it to the
> >> playlist (or unchecks and removes).  Now, I can select an ALBUM or ARTIST
> >> and there the Replace option, but not at the track level.
> >>
> >> Having said that, I am getting more accustomed to the new interface.  I
> >> would still prefer a directory browse option, but in lieu of that, I think
> >> the single thing that you could do that would improve the overall experience
> >> IMHO is add an ability to split albums and artists into smaller sub groups
> >> (i.e. A - E, F - J, K - O, P - T, U - Z) so browsing the tree, you'd end up
> >> with Artists -> A-E -> 'Black Crowes' -> All Tracks, Albums, etc.  The
> >> single biggest reason I used directory browse mode in pre 0.25 was to break
> >> them up into smaller chunks so I didn't have to scroll for 15 minutes to get
> >> to 'Meatloaf' from 'ABBA'.
> > I agree that the scrolling is the biggest issue.  I can feel the
> > batteries in my remote exhausting as I hold the button down for what
> > seems like forever.
> >
> > Another solution would be to bind the number keys so that they behave
> > like mobile phone alpha keys.
> >
> > ie pressing 2, cycles round artists beginning with A,B,C ; 3 - D,E,F etc.
> >
> > ..and if you had a keyboard, pressing 'm' would take you to artists
> > beginning with 'm'.
> 
> You can always use the list search feature SEARCH (can't remember if
> this is the default binding but it' CTRL+S for me) which if you have a
> keyboard takes four key presses for me to get from ABBA to Meatloaf :)
> The search is also available from the menu. OK it takes a little more
> keypresses if you have to use the virtual keyboard but still way less
> that having to scroll through the list.

    However scrolling down is a lot simpler. If there is a "page down"
key then you end up with something that is simpler as well as faster.

    "if you have a keyboard" is kind of an admission of failure here.


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