[mythtv] FF/REW key binding confusion
Brett Profitt
brettmyth at narnarnar.com
Thu Jun 19 16:57:38 EDT 2003
Maybe I'm being stupid, but would making shift + left rewind no matter
what, then left be rewind if in play, and slow the FF if in FF be a bad
idea? Same with FF...
Brett
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:45, David George wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>
> > > This keeps the previous behavior where repeatedly pressing the rew/ff
> > > key increases the speed until it wraps and pressing the opposite key
> > > switches to the normal speed in the other direction. Would anyone
> > > object to me changing this so pressing the opposite key decreases the
> > > speed without changing the direction?
> >
> > Yes, I would object... I'd find that behavior completely counter-intuitive.
> > Neither my VCR nor my DVD player work that way; why should Myth? If you
> > like, add additional keybindings for this behavior, or patch only your local
> > tree.
>
> I wouldn't find it counter-intuitive at all. I think pressing rewind
> while fast-forwarding should slow down the fast-forward (until it
> wraps). First, many times while fast-forwarding I do want to slow the
> fast-forwarding down. Second, how hard is it, while fast-forwarding, to
> press play then rewind to change directions? Makes sense to me, but then
> again I am a geek. At least this gives us the option of slowing down the
> fast-forward at the expense of having to press play before rewind to
> reverse direction.
>
> I think we definitely need the auto-backup when coming out of multiple
> fast-forward (like the Tivo). In case you are wondering, the Tivo has
> three fast-forward speeds 3x, 18x, and 60x. When pressing play from 18x
> or 60x, the Tivo automatically rewinds the recording 10 seconds before
> starting playback.
>
> It seems as there are people that feel strongly about both options, so in
> typical programmer fashion, I'll ask "can we make it configurable?"
>
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