[mythtv-users] Show the program guide when starting live TV

[evade.]

On 25 July 2017 9:51:59 pm AEST, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:38:40 +1000, you wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>On 25 July 2017 7:56:38 pm AEST, Darac Marjal
><mailinglist at darac.org.uk> wrote:
>>>On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 07:28:14PM +1000, evade. wrote:
>>>>   Hello,
>>>>
>>>>   The option to show the program guide when starting live TV was
>>>>   available in the "Program guide" settings screen on the frontend
>in
>>>>   previous versions. It appears to have been removed from 0.28.
>>>>
>>>>   While I'd be curious to know why it was removed, I'm more
>>>interested
>>>>   to know if there's any way I could achieve the same result. Does
>>>>   anyone know?
>>>>
>>>>   It was an excellent way to avoid unnecessary slow channel changes
>>>>   when trying to find something worth watching.
>>>
>>>If you're just wanting to see what's on, what's wrong with going into
>>>the Programme Guide directly from the menu (obviously, where that is
>>>depends on what menu theme you have). I've recently found that you
>can
>>>press 'm' on a show and select "Watch this Channel", which will then
>>>transfer you into Live TV on that channel.
>>
>>
>>Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm trying to set up a new frontend to
>be as similar as possible to my old one for the sake of my family.
>>
>>I don't think the theme we use has a guide option like that.
>>
>>evade.
>
>The menus do not change between themes.  Just how they are displayed.

Ok, thanks for the confirmation. I don't have it in front of me.

Is anybody able to help with my original question?