[mythtv-users] is mythtv smart enough to do this (overlap/back-to-back) with recordings?
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Jul 28 04:16:28 UTC 2006
On 07/27/06 23:39, Brad Templeton wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 09:44:17PM -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>
>
>>>Yes, Myth is doing what you asked it to do, but by a very roundabout
>>>route. The users are correct to be surprised by their inability
>>>to record the adjacent shows just because they asked for padding.
>>>
>>Actually, it is doing quite literally what you asked. Record this show
>>+ padding. That precludes other shows given the existing requirement
>>
>Again, the users asked for this, but they don't understand why.
>If users are not understanding why, it eventually becomes not the
>user's fault, but the program's fault, even if the program is doing
>just what it was designed to do.
>
>
You're right, Bill. Since the stupid users don't know enough to use our
wonderful program, we should make it ignore the user's desires.
Possible names for the functionality:
Autocorrect
Autorecord
Recording Wizard
Intellirecord
My MythTV
Bob
And we can make it hide menu entries that aren't frequently accessed by
users. Oh, we'll probably want to make a UI character to pop up and
tell the users they're not doing what they want to do. Perhaps we could
call him Filmy or Mythy or something.
Now this will be a huge step forward in user interface design... It
finally gets around the one weak link in the chain: the user.
Mike
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