[mythtv-users] Turning Timestretch On and Off

[Isaac Richards]

On Sunday 25 September 2005 03:02 am, frosts1 at hotkey.net.au wrote:
> Does anyone out there use Timestretch much? I have been using it a bit
> lately and I quite like it. I just wish there was an easy way to toggle it
> on and off.
>
> >From what I have found, the only way to turn it on is to press 'A' and
> > then
>
> press the right arrow until it reaches the speed at which you want to
> watch. It increments in 0.05x steps which means if you want to watch at
> 1.7x for example it takes 15 keystrokes! Then to go back to normal speed
> you have to do the same. I have recently found that the up and down arrows
> adjust it by 0.25, but even though that helps, the process of turning
> timestrecth on and off requires you to press two different keys.
>
> If you could just toggle it on and off, it would be really useful for
> watching some sports where there is brief periods of activity, which you
> want to watch in real time, with breaks in between which you want to skip
> through quickly (like cricket here in Australia, and I imagine possibly
> Baseball in the US). By using timestretch, you could still follow the flow
> of the commentary but quickly pass over the lulls in play.
>
> Anyone know if you can toggle it on and off?

Use the osd menu?

Isaac