[mythtv-users] Use CHANNELUP/DOWN to jump between recordings during playback?

[Yeechang Lee]

Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> says:
> > ??? Is this a trunk-only feature? Or have I missed a keybinding all
> > this time? TV Playback/CHANNELDOWN AND CHANNELUP are bound to PgDown
> > and PgUp, which the Channel Down/Up buttons on my remote trigger.
> 
> Sorry.  It's PREVCHAN (by default 'H')--should have looked it up before 
> sending.

> There's also JUMPPREV ("Jump to previously played recording"--which is 
> identical to PREVCHAN

I know; I wrote the original code that made them equivalent![1]

That said, the feature you mistakenly described sounds pretty nifty,
doesn't it? I, for one, would love to be able to, during playback, use
the otherwise-useless CHANNELDOWN and CHANNELUP bindings to quickly
move up and down multiple recordings; a sort of on-the-fly playlist,
if you will.

Come to think of it, this would be useful for naviating actual
playlists, too. Ideally, the feature would work like this:

* If there's a playlist, CHANNELDOWN and CHANNELUP navigate through
  it.
* Otherwise, use whatever group view the first playback was launched
  from. If within the _How I Met Your Mother_ title group, navigate
  through just those episodes (and, of course, follow the current
  Setup|TV Settings|Playback|Episode sort orderings/Sort Episodes
  setting). If within Watch List, use that. If within "Default" or
  "All Programs," use those. Etc., etc.

[1] which Chris Pinkham completely rewrote and thoroughly improved

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