[mythtv-users] Watch Recordings scrolling and update

[Mike Perkins]

On 20/08/15 16:40, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 08/19/2015 04:33 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca
>> <mailto:jerome at supernet.ab.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>     Maybe it's a theme thing - I used to use Retro but it's not
>>     available anymore so I'm using MythCenter-Wide (I think that's what
>>     it's called).
>>
>>     2 things I notice that are different:
>>
>>        1 - the series column, on the left, doesn't scroll in a circle
>>     anymore,
>>            so I can't go up from "All programs" to NOVA, for example - I
>>     have
>>            to scroll all the way down.
>>
>> That one can be modified in the theme. In recordings-ui.xml, around line
>> 128, change <wrapstyle>captive</wrapstyle> to <wrapstyle>items</wrapstyle>
>>
>>        2 - when "All Programs" is highlighted, new recordings do not
>>     appear at
>>            the top of the programs column on the right. I have to go
>>     down and
>>            back up for that list to refresh.
>>
>>
>> That one may be a MythUI issue. That bugs me, too. New recordings
>> actually are added to the list, but it's added above the top line, so
>> you have to move into the list and scroll up to see it.
>
> This may also be a MythCenter(-Wide) artifact, but I have noticed that when a
> series is selected in the left column, the individual shows are NOT sorted in
> date order. Once upon a time, the individual shows were dated ordered, oldest at
> the top. Now they are not. The 'old' version was at least as of MythCenter-Wide
> 1.1 or so. Off the top of my head, I think the new (dis-ordered) version is 1.7.
>
> I took a look at recordings-ui.xml but i could not find anywhere which seemed to
> relate to the ordering of entries in the show list.
> Does anyone know whether setting the sort order is possible in the xml?
>
I use MythCenter-Wide and for me, the episodes are always in /descending/ date 
order... but that does not include the year!

That does make it difficult sometimes to figure out which is the next ep. to watch.

Stock deb-multimedia and 0.27.5, I believe.

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Mike Perkins