<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">>An even better solution would be to do exactly what VCRs have done for<br>>the last 10 years - the record button activates "OTR" for 30 minutes,
<br>>and each additional press adds another 30 minutes up to some maximum<br>>value, at which it resets to 30 minutes. A different key could be used<br>>to stop the recording, or it could be stopped using the existing menu
<br>>entries in the manage recordings or watch recordings menus.<br>><br>><br>Bruce Markey is 40 days ahead of you...<br><br><a href="http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/7401">http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/7401
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I think I like the 30 minute increments better. The change listed there says that<br>
it sets it for 1 hour, and you have to go out and into the manual recording settings<br>
to change the end time. Not very intuitive, but it is a quick fix to make it work. I think<br>
the best case would be to have the record button pop up a dialog in any case that either<br>
A). shows the program, channel, and duration that it is going to record, and you hit "enter"<br>
to accept it. or<br>
B). shows the channel number and since there is no program info, just shows the duration<br>
and lets you type in or use arrow keys to alter it before hitting "enter" to accept it.<br>
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I think this is probably a good idea anyway, to prevent accidental recordings (most newer home<br>
electronics require you to hit record twice, and even old tape decks made you hit play and record<br>
at the same time). I'd like to have that verification to know what it is I am recording, too, just to<br>
make sure it knows that I am recording the show I want to, like if it's 7:58 and I hit record, I'd like<br>
the visual cue to say "record this 8-9pm show?" instead of "record the last two minutes of credits from<br>
the show that's on right now?"<br>
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