[mythtv-users] Frontend for Apple TV 4

[Bart Whiteley]

Hi Pete. Thanks for the note. Comments below.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Pete Ashdown <pashdown at xmission.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your work.  With ATV4, I'm able to combine my Plex/Kodi library
> along with streaming services, and now MythTV front-end.  I was hoping
> MythTV would come and I was surprised that someone tackled it so soon.  I
> bought your app last night after reading this discussion, and it is a great
> start. Here's my feedback:
>
> 1. The menu for "Play"/"Delete" after selecting a show is clunky.  I think
> it just go straight into playing the show because that is what I want 99%
> of the time.  If I hit the menu button, then I should be given some
> options, including delete.
>

If you click the Play/Pause button instead of Select, it will begin
playback immediately. According to Apple, the Menu button should "Return to
previous screen." [1]


>
> 2. Having MythTV groupings show up as a top hierarchy would be nice.  I
> record almost all the local news, but I have it in a "News" group, away
> from the "Default".  Having it all combined makes it more difficult to find
> something.
>

That's a good suggestion.


>
> 3. Alphabetical sorting of the show list in addition to "Most Recent".
>

I have an update waiting for review that includes alphabetical sorting of
recordings if enabled in Settings.


>
> 4. I prefer Apple's navigation interface over the swiping up and down in
> an effort to emulate MythTV's.  I believe it is possible to distinguish
> clicks on the left and right side of the remote for skipping forward and
> back.  It would be nice to have the standard navigation as a option to the
> MythTV navigation.  Swiping down should bring down the upper menu with
> audio and close-captioning options, like it does elsewhere.
>

I actually implemented that but disabled it for the time being. It's tricky
because when you press to click the trackpad, your thumb smashes into the
trackpad which creates a larger area of contact and moves the touch point
closer to the center. It will take a bit of finesse to adjust it to feel
right.


>
> 5. Commercial skipping. :)
>

That should be possible once MythTV 0.28 is released.


[1]
https://developer.apple.com/tvos/human-interface-guidelines/remote-and-interaction/
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