[mythtv-users] Am I on crack

[Ronald Frazier]

>  Oh, I'm sorry.  I didn't realize you know exactly what everyone else
>  (or, it seems, at minimum what the OP in this thread and what everyone
>  in the linked thread) wants.  I didn't realize that /no one/ in the
>  world (save me, it seems) would actually prefer to set up his system to
>  record from a favorite channel rather than whatever channel he was
>  watching when he happened to exit LiveTV.
>
>  Now I will agree that the suggestion I've given is not what /you/ want.
>  But then again, I wasn't talking to you when I wrote that suggestion (or
>  when I recommended someone else view the post).

The question in the original post referred to the way TiVo handles
this. The post that you linked to also refers to the way TiVo handles
this. Maybe you've never used a TiVo and aren't familiar with how it
operates (or maybe you are), but what I have been talking about here
is exactly how the TiVo I've owned for many years operates. By
extension, what I have been trying to discuss is indeed what this
original post and the one you linked to are asking about.


>  And since when is my not understanding what someone else wants flawed
>  logic?

Well, it seemed to me it was presented as "heres something totally
different that should solve your needs" when it fact it doesn't solve
the question being asked. However, I'll be glad to give the benefit of
the doubt and assume the person was just misunderstanding. If so,
again, I apologize for assuming that since the tivo has become such a
wildly popular device that most people understand how it works and
realize exactly what is being asked.


>  It was only intended to mean that if you're lucky enough to find good TV
>  by watching whatever happens to be airing, you may be lucky enough to
>  win some money in the lottery.

I've discovered lots of shows that way. Modern Marvels was one that
never really sounded interesting from a description, but I caught an
episode with an interesting topic one day when I was bored, liked the
format of the show, and realized they had a lot of cool stuff on the
show.

>  I'm simply saying, "This is what we have now."  Anyone reading my post
>  is welcome to use the suggestion, figure out something else, or write
>  his own support for what he wants.  I was only recommending an
>  alternative approach that's actually possible with what currently
>  exists.  I /thought/ the suggestion may actually be a useful
>  suggestion.  Now that you've pointed out it was stupid of me to think it
>  might be useful to anyone, I guess I should shut up and never tell
>  people what's currently possible, instead just saying, "Myth can't do
>  that."  After all, people--especially people just starting to use
>  something--are extremely good at asking the questions they mean to ask.

Its one thing to suggest an alternative. Its another thing the way I
often see it proposed (though not necessarily by you). It's often
presented with the condescending attitude of "why would you even WANT
to do that. I certainly dont", without really giving respect to the
fact that different people like to do things different ways, and that
theres nothing wrong with those differences.



>  The fact that /no one/ has ever written the patch to do continuous
>  recording is what's imposing on everyone how they should use MythTV (or,
>  more precisely, how they /cannot/ use MythTV).

I misunderstood what you were trying to say. Question withdrawn.



>  However, no one should be
>  saying that MythTV developers are imposing their will on users by
>  choosing not to write patches that add features the devs themselves
>  don't want (and, therefore, they should not be expected to code).

Again, I'll repeat what I have said many times. I have ABSOLUTELY NO
PROBLEM with anyone NOT writing the patch, My only issue has been how
I've seen it addressed in discussion many times. And as was already
pointed out, I didn't really mean to say specifically that it was any
of the core developers saying such. That was my mistake.


-- 
Ron