[mythtv] Ticket #7916: Automatically save cutlist during editing

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> I think if auto-save is implemented using a new "temporary" mark type that's
> not an actual cut list mark type (not MARK_CUT_START/END), but that gets
> converted to a real cut list when the user (explicitly) saves, it provides
> the best of both worlds.  It always auto-saves as the user works, but
> doesn't ever save a partial/incorrect cut list to the database.

I like this idea very much.  A couple of questions:

1. If the user exits without saving, should the temporary marks be
left in the DB for later recovery?

2. What happens when the user starts to edit and temporary marks are found?
a) Load them automatically
b) Prompt the user (this prompt could be integrated with the
recorded.editing prompt)

Jim