[mythtv-users] Suggestions

Howard Cokl hojoloco at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 7 19:28:59 UTC 2005


--- Stuart Morgan <stuart at tase.co.uk> wrote:
> Hope no one mind if I mention some things I'd like
> to see in MythTV (I might 
> even dust off my programming skills to help out,
> time dependant).
> 
> 1. MythTV - It isn't possible to delete a recording
> from the database if the 
> nuv file has already gone. It is an unusual
> circumstance but it makes even 
> more sense for the database entry to be removed if
> the corresponding file is 
> missing. Somehow a recording of mine went awol and
> without a manual SQL query 
> I cannot get rid of the entry from mythfrontend.
> 
> 2. MythTV - Could a jumppoint be added to return the
> user back to the main 
> menu? Some of the menus are quite deeply nested and
> a jumppoint would be 
> handy!
> 
> 3. MythMusic - I'd like the option, that when I
> insert a CD it will 
> auto-populate the playlist (preferably a clean one)
> with the CD tracks.  I'm 
> building a Myth-box for my elderly parents and want
> it to be as simple to 
> operate as possible. Especially useful when used in
> conjunction with the 
> media-detection -> A CD is inserted, it goes direct
> to the play screen and 
> all you have to do is press play!
> 
> 4. MythDVD - Whilst I do appreciate the work that
> went into this module, I'd 
> like quite to see a better integrated DVD solution.
> Matching OSDs, menus, 
> key-configs and behaviour. Has anyone looked at
> building a Myth based GUI for 
> the Xine-libs?
> 
> 5. Finally, I'm using the Isthmus OSD which iirc,
> was posted here a while ago. 
> It is by far the best OSD I've yet seen and I wonder
> if it might be included 
> in future distributions of MythTV?
> 
> Thanks for reading and thanks for all the great work
> that everyone has done so 
> far!
> -- 
> Stuart Morgan
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I don't know about the rest but as far as the SQL
stuff I find it very easy to manipulate the database
using webmin.  It's one of the first things I install
on any linux system that has a database.  I don't use
the other modules but for databases webmin saves me
tons of time.


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