[mythtv] question about speeds - speedinc vs fast forward

[Ashley Bostock]

On 28/12/2007, Ed W <lists at wildgooses.com> wrote:
>
> Ronald Frazier wrote:
> > I was doing a little work on tv_play.cpp, fixing some bugs with the
> > network control interface and adding some customizability with respect
> > to playback speeds and repositioning amounts. In the process, I
> > noticed that fast forwarding and the speedinc button use different
> > intervals. Fast forwarding currently uses speeds of 3, 5, 10, 20, 30,
> > 60, 120, and 180, and allows you to customize the speed via DB
> > settings. The speedinc feature, on the other hand, uses speeds of 2,
> > 4, 8, and 16, and is NOT customizable.
> >
> > Myself, I've never used the speedinc feature before, and I'm not sure
> > how it is intended to be used. Is it intentional that these 2 features
> > use different speed steppings? I could choose to either consolidate it
> > with the fast forward speeds (so they share a common set of speeds),
> > or I could leave it on its own and allow it to be customized
> > separately. Any opinions
>
> I think the idea of the second one is that it plays back all the frames
> at an accelerated speed, but the former jumps and seeks
>
> Personally I would prefer a kind of hybrid which allows a Sky+ style
> fast forward where say instead of a 30 second skip forward it will
> instead play 15 frames over the next 1 real second where each frame is
> every 2 seconds of what is being skipped.  That way it becomes easier to
> kind of glance at what you are missing by skipping forward.  ie
> basically a range of very high speed fast forward modes
>
> Ed W
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How would that differ from the sticky keys option myth already has?

Ash
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