[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits

[J. Donavan Stanley]

David Engel wrote:

>On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 02:44:09PM -0500, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
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>>But those require additional buttons on the remote.  It's far simpler to 
>>have one FFWD and REW button than  two sets.  If the new code can't 
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>So edit tv_play.cpp and set the speeds you want.  That's what I've
>done for ages since I don't as many speeds as have always been there.
>Or better yet, add a configuration screen to make them completely
>customizable.
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While I certainly can change the speeds by editing code, the user base 
can't.  The reaction of the users will probably be much like that of my 
wife when I failed to note that speeds < 5x were missing before rolling 
out an update to our main box, and it wasn't pretty.


>>What's wrong with the existing ones?
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>Didn't you read?  The new speeds don't correspond directly to the old
>ones.  The respositioning factors will also probably need to be
>changed again when I make the software decoders report the actual
>framesPlayed instead of inaccurate framesRead that they have always
>done.
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Even if they don't map directly to the old ones you should be able to 
create a close approximation of them.