[mythtv] Multiple Favorite Groups (Aka Ticket #199)

Matthew Wire devel at mrwire.co.uk
Thu Nov 1 13:34:37 UTC 2007


This may not have got through because it got classified as spam:
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 12:13 +0000, Matthew Wire wrote:
> Firstly, I've been looking for something like this for a while.  It
> works very well...
> 
> A few things:
> 1. When you select a favourite group from the menu I think it would help
> if a little osd flashed up with the name of the favourite group (just to
> make it clear that you really did select it).
> 
> 2. The favourite groups editor in settings doesn't work very well with
> checkboxes in my opinion.  I have over 1000 channels and this means I
> have to go through 33 pages for each favourite group.
> 
> My suggestion would be to use two listboxes side by side with the first
> listing channels in the favourite group and the second listing channels
> not in the favourite group (ie. all other channels).
> Pressing enter (or selecting and hitting the arrow button) on a channel
> would move it to the other list.
> A combo box at the top would select favourite group.
> As well as buttons to add/delete groups.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> Favourite Group: [ Radio  \/]   [ Add New Group ] [ Delete Group ]
> 
> Channels in Group:           Available Channels:
> -------------------          -------------------
> | channel 1       |          | channel 2       |
> | channel 5       |          | channel 3       |
> |                 |          | channel 4       |
> |                 |          | channel 6       |
> |                 | [ <-- ]  |                 |
> |                 |          |                 |
> |                 | [ --> ]  |                 |
> |                 |          |                 |
> |                 |          |                 |
> |                 |          |                 |
> |                 |          |                 |
> -------------------          -------------------
> 
> Cheers,
> Matthew
> 
Also:
One other thing, are the favourite groups global or per frontend?
Personally I think global would be best.




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