[mythtv] Long list of suggestions

[Dan Wilga]

1. I'm using Zap2It, which has an annoying habit of adding new channels to 
my DishTV lineup on what seems like an almost daily basis. It has no way of 
knowing what I actually subscribe to, so I end up with lots of channels in 
my EPG that I either can't watch, or don't care about if I can (I don't 
speak Polish or Armenian, thank you!)

So I end up having to go through Myth's setup program every few days to 
hide all the channels like this. If I delete them, they just get added back 
in the next time mythfill runs.

I'd like an option for mythfill to automatically mark newly-added channels 
invisible. This should, of course, default to off; otherwise, people who 
are installing Myth for the first time will end up with all their channels 
invisible by default.

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2. I'm using a fairly quiet machine, but it does sit in my living room. I 
find that commercial flagging is the one thing that can get a little loud, 
even when only one or two processes are running at once.

How about an option to run commercial flagging jobs in off-peak hours? Of 
course, it would be ideal if we could set the hour range. If there's a way 
to do this with the custom job options, let me know and I'll try it.

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3. When using Esc to exit a recording, I have it set to put up the "You are 
exiting this recording..." alert. I have two small suggestions here:

a.) It would be nice if the up arrow caused the selected option to wrap 
around to the bottom. I often want to delete, which currently takes several 
down arrow presses instead of just one up.

b.) After choosing to delete, Myth puts up a second alert, to confirm that 
I really want to delete. This seems excessive to me. I already had to go 
out of my way to choose it the first time.


Thanks for a great program, folks!


Dan Wilga
dwilga at mtholyoke.edu