[mythtv-users] jumppoint: Live TV In Guide

[Tim Draper]

On 10 June 2011 19:08, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:

> On 06/10/2011 01:07 PM, Tim Draper wrote:
> > just a quick one before i put in a 'feature request', the 'Live TV In
> > Guide' JumpPoint option seems to behave differently than the liveTV >
> > Guide option.
> >
> > they both appear the same, but the way it is called/actioned by the FE
> > appears to be very different:
> > Live TV In Guide (Jump Point): this can be called from ANYWHERE in the
> > FE, but the Preview window in top corner, using the mythbuntu theme,
> > is just that corner of the liveTV feed is displayed....think of the
> > 'Live TV In Guide' as an overlay onto the full size liveTV feed. When
> > this JumpPoint is called in liveTV mode, the liveTV feed stops, and
> > then gets reloaded under the Jumppoint reference.
> >
> > Live TV In Guide (called via the 'S' key, when in LiveTV): this works
> > alot smoother than the JumpPoint version, in that when in liveTV mode
> > it will instantly resize the liveTV feed without a break, and
> > correctly display the resized image. However, this mode can only be
> > called from the LiveTV feed, meaning i cant assign the 'guide' button
> > on my remote to this procedure, so i can access it when i'm anywhere
> > in the FE. i have to press 'LiveTV/watch TV' and then Guide.
> >
> > what i'd like is to either call the Live TV guide from anywhere in the
> > FE, or re-assign the jump point to the correctly functioning guide
> > ('S' key when in LiveTV)
> >
> > i hope thats clear... if not, i'll see if I can make a youtube video
> > of it :)
> > is there a way to resolve this annoyance, or shall i report it as a
> > feature request/bug?
> > i'm running mythbuntu 10.10 & 0.24.1
>
> Not sure if I understood what you're talking about, but I /think/ you're
> saying you want to be able to prefer a local action over a jump point
> when both are mapped to the same key.  If so:
>
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3363 (note that this was
> incorporated, then reverted)
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3642
> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/7d569c0e (this is using the
> desired approach--fix each case of "should use local binding in
> preference" individually)
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/273180#273180 (whole
> thread)
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/266168#266168 (and
> following messages in thread)
>
> and a bunch more threads with a bunch of discussion about why we require
> individual code changes whenever we want a key binding to override a
> jump point in some location.
>
> So, if you want "Live TV In Guide" registered as a "Jump Point with
> local override", you should submit a patch changing it to use
> REG_JUMPLOC.  However, since "Program Guide" is already registered as a
> "Jump Point with local override" which prefers the "TV Frontend/GUIDE"
> key binding (default S), you should test what happens when an invalid
> configuration is created such that "Live TV In Guide", "Program Guide",
> and "TV Frontend/GUIDE" all use the same binding of S.
>
> Mike
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i'm saying the opposite, Mike...
the way MythTV seems to be configured, the 'LiveTV in Guide' when called
from keyboard key 'S', is different to the 'LiveTV in Guide' Jumppoint
guide.
visually they look identical, but they appear to be handled very
differently, where the Jumppoint version is the more buggy one.


youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk522Tv-_KM
nb: have HTML5 disabled&CC on; it seems youtube hasnt got the CC comments on
html5 video player yet!

i hope that video explains it better than i can in words!
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