[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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