[mythtv] Ticket #13202: playback doesn't start at begining
John Pilkington
J.Pilk at tesco.net
Sun Jan 7 13:50:34 UTC 2018
On 07/01/18 13:06, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/06/2018 08:57 PM, David Engel wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 10:06:46PM +0000, Roger Siddons wrote:
>>> And you would like to disable it as well.
>>>
>>> Shall I just add a simple setting until we work out where we're going
>>> with this ?
>> I'm usually in the group opposing new settings, but in this case, I
>> suppose yes.
>
> How about in the Play Group settings (
> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/master/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/playgroup.cpp
> )? Then users can assign play groups (including default) to start at
> the desired time on a per-recording-rule basis. Or, at least make it a
> live setting (that's not buried in the settings pages) that is changed
> during playback and remembered. IMHO, making it another setting just
> grouped in the main/global settings is just a sign of developers not
> knowing (agreeing) what they want the program to do, as opposed to a
> setting to allow users to choose how MythTV works for various different
> recordings made from various channels (like channels that don't care
> about their "unimportant" shows as long as their sporting events are
> broadcast in full) and/or on various different days (like days with lots
> of earlier-broadcast sports) that may or may not experience delays from
> the broadcast.
>
> Note: the Play Group settings include things like the jump/skip amounts
> and initial time stretch.
>
> Mike
It seems to me that this was all chewed over when the 'mythical'
bookmark first appeared. Broadcasters will often not adhere to their
schedules and myth provides jump forward/backward keys. The biggest
problem is understanding what is happening when first encountering the
effect.
John P
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