[mythtv-users] Live TV - Scheduled Channel Change?

Chris Delis cedelis at uillinois.edu
Fri Dec 5 19:11:01 EST 2003


On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:55:39AM -0500, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Thursday 04 December 2003 19:54, Chris Delis wrote:
> > Is it possible to schedule a channel change from within Myth?
> >
> > I thought that it might be a nice feature to add to the Recording
> > Options screen.  Let's say you are watching Live TV and find an
> > interesting program from the Program Guide (but it's not "worth"
> > recording); it might be nice to have Myth automatically change the
> > channel when the program comes on so you don't miss it.  My Sony
> > DirecTV box has a similar feature. I couldn't find mention of it in
> > the archives.  Just a thought. . .
> >
> > If it exists already, then I apologize.  If it doesn't, then this
> > might be a good chance for me to develop a patch.
> 
> Well, LiveTV *is* recording (just to a ringbuffer, not a file).  So the 

Yes, I realize this :-)

> current solution (and quite satisfactory, I feel) is to mark the show 
> for single record (press 'R' in the EPG or in Browse mode while 
> watching LiveTV).  When the show starts, Myth will pop up a dialog 
> asking if you want to keep watching the current program, stop watching 
> altogether (& record the program), or watch the program as it records.  
> The only extra step you'd want to take is to delete the program when 
> it's done.

I currently do this, but not as often as I'd like to because I'm too
lazy to: 1) remember to delete the file afterwards, and 2) having
to delete the current recording before being allowed to go back to
LiveTV (what if the show isn't as good as I thought it'd be?).


> 
> This is actually a good solution, since you get better performance 
> watching from a recording/recorded file than you do watching from the 
> ringbuffer, plus you eliminate the possibility of losing your 
> ringbuffer if you accidentally change channels.  The only thing you 
> can't do with this approach is channel surf.


Right (mentioned in reason 2 above).  Personally, I like the channel-
changing-only feature during LiveTV.  I will probably implement this for
myself if I get annoyed enough.  If it works well, then maybe I'll
share with the list later.


> 
> -JAC
> 
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