[mythtv-users] MythMusic common scenarios

[Robin Gilks]

Greetings all

Some observations on using MythMusic. All have work arounds, it just
appears a bit clunky sometimes :) I'm sure there are better ways of
driving the UI, its just that I'm finding a couple of common actions long
winded.

I'm running 0.26 with the latest Gentoo patches (there doesn't appear to
be a git snapshot that Gentoo can use).

'Search List'
 * if I search in tracks, when a few candidates are listed I can't
distinquish between them as the album etc are not listed, only the track
name.
 * having found a few candidates, I can't play them without exiting the
search dialog
 * if I exit the search dialog and then select it again, it blanks the
search string so it has to be tediously re-entered with the pop-up
keyboard (I use a simple IR remote).

'Scan for Music'
 * 2 frontends, both started at the main menu. Use one to enter plugin and
scan and when it completes the other f/e doesn't list the new tracks in
the directory listing (not tried others) upon entering the Edit Playlist
screen. I had to scan with that f/e as well.

'Play Music'
 * on first entering this screen with no selected playlist then shouldn't
it default to Edit Playlist view rather than having to menu/select
view/edit playlist key presses before you can do anything?

Cheers

-- 
Robin Gilks