[mythtv-users] Can I set the "About to record" warning to longer than 5 seconds?

[Matt Emmott]

On Jul 14, 2014 11:14 AM, "R. G. Newbury" <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>
> On 13/07/14 07:17 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:
>>
>> I've been watching the Harry Potter marathon on tv today and several
>> times have been interrupted by Mythtv switching to other channels for
>> scheduled recordings. I often miss the popup that asks if I want to
>> switch channels or stay on this one, because it's only a five second
>> warning. Is there a configuration option to set it to something longer?
>> Say, 30 seconds or something?
>
>
>
> I am running a git master version about 2 months old, and I get a 25
second warning.
>
> The warning is triggered, in the source code at:
>
> mythtv/libs/libmythtv/tv_play.cpp:1825:void
TV::ShowOSDAskAllow(PlayerContext *ctx)
>
> and it appears that the timeout is a parameter passed to the call:
>
> void TV::ShowOSDAskAllow(PlayerContext *ctx)
> {
>     QMutexLocker locker(&askAllowLock);
>     if (!ctx->recorder)
>         return;
>
>     uint cardid = ctx->GetCardID();
>
>     QString single_rec =
>         tr("MythTV wants to record \"%1\" on %2 in %d seconds. "
>            "Do you want to:");
> .....
>
> At this point, the phone rang, and I gave up back-tracing into
PlayerContext.
>
>
> Geoff
>              R. Geoffrey Newbury


Thanks, I'm still on .26-fixes because every upgrade attempt tanks my back
kend database. If they've increased the timeout in .27, I suppose it's yet
another reason to upgrade.

Thanks,
Matt


Thanks,
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