[mythtv-users] Bookmarks on multiple frontends

[Joey Morris]

stinga <stinga+mythtv at wolf-rock.com> wrote on Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 09:45:36PM +0000:
> Thanks, I will check that. But shouldn't it start from where the other FE
> left off even if the 2nd FE does not update the bookmark?

Yes, it should work as you're expecting it to. (Set bookmark on FE1, resume
playback from the bookmark on FE2.) It does for me. That's exactly how I use it$
and I use it a lot.

> I would have thought that would have caused an issue when going back to
> another FE. IE, start watching on FE1, exit (save book mark), play on FE2 from
> where FE1 left off, if the bookmark is not saved start from beginning on any
> other FE.

Yeah, I'm not sure why the others jumped on the "Action on playback exit"
setting. You seem to have that part working on FE1. But for the record, mine is
set to "Always prompt (including Live TV)". It should also be fine on "Save
position and exit". I looked through my other settings and didn't see anything
else you'd need to set.

> So table recorded holds all recorded shows and table recordedmarkup holds
> the position of the bookmark (type 2), I will have a look next time I have
> the 2nd FE running and see if the bookmark is being set, I can see it set
> from the combo FE/BE (well I can't tell its the c.FE/BE but I assume it is
> since that works).

Many themes display an icon indicating whether a bookmark is set. It may be
easier to use that for troubleshooting instead of checking the database.

> It's not that much on an issue if it does not work, not that hard to
> remember the time and skip forward.

Something else you can try: Select the recording, bring up its menu, choose
"Play from...", and elect to play from the bookmark or from the beginning. It
probably won't work (because I'm assuming the frontend doesn't recognize that
there's a bookmark), but it's worth a shot since it's so much easier than
remembering the time and skipping ahead.