[mythtv-users] Is it me or is it Myth?

[raptorjr]

Thank you for the answer. I do understand that this will never happend.
But for the record i will give my view on the subject, and maybe some day
a person with coding knowledge is searching through the list and finds
my input as good, and makes the patch.

In my point of view, i'm thinking Myth should be easy for people that don't
know anything about whats inside the box. Yes, for the user who installed
the system it is easy to know and switch card/input to see other channels.
For anyone else they will puch up or down a channel and start browsing
and they don't know anything about different tv-sources, and they shouldn't 
have to.

Since zapping is out of the question, browsing is the next best thing. And
why do people zap through channels or browse? Because they want a fast way
to see whats on right now. Using the EPG is fine for some thing. But it is 
too much information
if you in a few seconds wants to find out what the other channels is showing 
rigth now.

I do understand that if the status of channels on other cards should be 
shown in the browse
mode it would require much coding since the status could change while 
browsing.

But i don't think that it should have to be that complicated. Simply show 
all channels and if the
user try to switch to a channel/card that is recording show the same message 
that is shown
today when you try to enter LiveTV and the card is recording. And after that 
go back to the
last selected channel.
No need to care if a card stops recording while browsing. If it was 
recording when the browsing
started and then ends the user will be able to change channel if desired, 
otherwise the message
will show.

I would think this behaviour is easier to understand, and more logical to 
the normal user(wife, girlfriend, children).
And everyone should understand the message "The card containing this channel 
is currently recording,
please choose another channel". Getting a little more advanced, if the 
channel selected is the same
as the card is recording it could start playing. But that is a little 
overkill.

Sure i know it requires some coding, but it should be a easier approach than 
the one in the ticket
that Mike refered to in his answer. And sure, i understand that a developer 
needs to find this useful
to make the changes. Unfortunately i dont have the knowledge to do this. But 
atleast have
have given my view of the matter. And maybe someone like it. If you don't 
like it please dont rip my
head of just because i have a suggestion without a patch.


On another matter, since Mike seems to have great knowledge about Myth. My 
last question about
that Myth should remember the last channel viewed independent of which card 
the channels was on?
Is that also a accepted behaviour, or could it be subject to a change? Dont 
know, but guessing that
the coding needed for this is not as much as my prevous suggestion. And 
maybe this could be a good
behaviour for the developers to?

Anyway, i keep my fingers crossed =)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Is it me or is it Myth?


On 02/27/2006 07:09 AM, raptor jr wrote:
> Well, i was hoping that i did something wrong with the browsing. Since
> zapping channels is pretty slow(3-4 seconds) i have begun using browsing
> instead.

That's right, so far.  ;)

> But if the browsing cant use multiple tv-sources i guess that is
> kind of a problem, atleast for me.
>
> Yeah, i know, i should be quiet since i don't submit a patch.

You've every right to ask--on the lists.  Thanks for not creating a
ticket on this issue first.  :)

> But if it
> someone would feel it useful to be able to browse all channels independent
> of which card is selected, i would be really happy if that person could 
> make
> it happend. The OSD could tell that that card is not free if a recording 
> is
> in progress om a card, or something like that.
>

This was just discussed in a ticket (
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/172362#172362 ),
which was eventually closed as "wontfix".  Please read the thread as it
discusses the reasoning for closing and how to get to those other
channels (switch cards with "Y" or inputs with "C" or use the EPG)...

Mike
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