[mythtv-users] Simple LiveTV Question

Zach uid000 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 12:19:09 UTC 2005


Okay I'll look for that this evening.  Do you think it is in the
keybindings in mythweb or is in in the setup area of the frontend
interface?

Thanks

On Apr 4, 2005 8:03 AM, Ivor Hewitt <ivor at ivor.org> wrote:
> Zach wrote:
> > This is one of the things that has been bugging me since I've first
> > started working with Myth a few weeks ago.
> >
> > When browsing the EPG, intuitively I think ENTER or SELECT should take
> > you to the channel that's currently highlighted, and R or RECORD
> > should bring up recording options.
> >
> > Even more intuitive would be if a show that is showing right now is
> > highlighted, then ENTER would change to that channel, but if the show
> > is in the future, ENTER would bring up recording options.  Of cource
> > the record button would bring up the record menu in all cases.
> >
> > As it is, the button that brings up the menu in live TV is the same
> > button that changes to the currently highlighted channel in the EPG.
> > To my simple mind, that's not very intuitive.
> >
> > I know there are some keybindings that you can change in MythWeb, and
> > you can change mappings in lircrc, but
> > (1)I can't seem to find keybindings in MythWeb for the EPG
> > (2)I certainly don't think it's possible to make one key (ENTER, for
> > example) do two different things depending on what's highlighted.
> >
> > If I'm missing something or if i'm out on my own in thinking this
> > matters, please let me know.  Myth is nearly infinitely configurable
> > (the Linux way) so maybe I've just missed a way to fix this.
> >
> Yup there's an option in the settings to change to the select changes
> channel behaviour you describe. I'm not in front of the machine so I
> can't tell you exactly where it is, but its in there somewhere! :)
> 
> --
> Ivor
> http://www.ivor.it
>


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