You are right what you say below... I missed the whole scenario of one tuner card only. Hmm, guess I have been spoilt by my Sky Box and doing it on a Mac with EyeTV...dual tuners all the way and operates as I have been describing from a users point of view. (pretty bold hard choice to make as I said)
Ok, looks like we are back to 'greying out' buttons (term used to say a button is there but not selectable looking visually) when features aren't available so the user can't activate them. I'll check out Myth again... been about 2 years since I went through PVR stuff. I also liked MediaPortals implementation of TV scheduling PVR. On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:08:06 +0200, Michał Sawicz <[email protected]> wrote: > Dnia 2009-07-02, czw o godzinie 00:22 +0200, [email protected] pisze: >> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:05:24 +0200, Michał Sawicz <[email protected]> > wrote: >> > Dnia 2009-07-01, śro o godzinie 13:08 +0200, David McLeod pisze: > --8<-- >> > Volunteers? >> > >> Some organised and passionate developer must exist? :p > > The first requirement shots /me off... > > --8<-- > >> > Now & Next FTW!! :] >> > >> >> YEah I am kind fo fond of its simplicity too in a way. Maybe in v2 we > add search support so we can set a recording for a show that is like... 12 > days away like TiVo does it? Now and next guide is very much 'in the > present'. > > I'm starting to wonder if the Channel vs Time EPG is at all needed... > > --8<-- > >> Yeah, station artwork. A good first source (no API) but showing it as a > kind of...marker in terms of quality is this site: > http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/97093716/12854.html They pull a lot > of the vectorised artwork from well known companies around the world. > > Nice, I even found some polish channels' logos there. > >> So, what I am talking about it, people with some slight design sense > being able to take that... put the logo on a square colored background at > a high resolution and then... uploading the artwork to a small Fluendo > managed database (because we can take the server hit)of station logo > content. > > Again, not me :/ > >> But, you know, just an idea... sounds easier than it is. We can get away > with artwork that is 99px square at least. Just means for the 'Info > Screens' we need to be clever. > > Maybe a still from some jingle could be used after some retouching work. > >> Yes, good, glad someone else see this and thinks like this as well. > Also, consider TVRage.com. >> But, factor in that, sometimes... shows exist that aren't on something > like TVDB like, the Iron Chef or Dr. Phill (Im naming bad TV :p). So, > wonder what we can do there? Google image search based on certain > parameters? > > Dangerous... > > --8<-- > >> I say, dont give the user choices :). This was my point actually even > though I knew I couldn't describe it well with my non techy, no opposable > thumb weilding brain :p. >> >> If the user can do something like 'pause LiveTV' then it should always > be availble. So, in my brain that meant making sure we set aside one tuner > purely so that we never have to 'remove a feature' like pausing live TV, if > only temporarily. (you break trust and consistency with the user... never > good). > > That simply wouldn't work for me - I only have one tuner ATM ;) And I > rather have it record things I did set schedules for than watch > something unimportant. > > Having a tuner sitting and waiting is really wasting it. I probably > could go with recordings 'escaping' LiveTV whenever Live is requested > (rescheduling the recording at hand). > > --8<-- > >> > There's a third option when the scheduler gets cleverer - the > scheduler >> > could check if the currently recording show is on at a later date and >> > reschedule it if that's what the user wants. >> >> Ah, yes... check for it at a later date... good thinking :). I highlght > the whole clash of schedules thing. >> I trust you understand I am only opening the door to it as a reminder to > keep sanity checks on things like that. > > Believe me working with MythTV is all about scheduling, you should > really try and have a look at it :) > > --8<-- > >> > That's only if the scheduler is stoopid ;) I agree with Kevin that the >> > scheduler Myth has is a powerful beast - on the other hand, it's a bit >> > bloated. I think even the most basic scheduler should use content, not >> > channel+time to schedule recordings. Just as in LiveTV - you rarely > want >> > to record channel X from Y to Z. You want show A to be recorded. The >> > scheduler should then find the show and try to record as soon as >> > possible with as much efficiency in regard of tuners as possible (if > two >> > shows are to be recorded at the same time from the same multiplex - > only >> > use one tuner). And now there's a question - if a show is available to >> > be recorded today and then again tomorrow, but recording it today > would >> > use all available tuners while tomorrow it would not - should it > record >> > today or tomorrow? >> >> Tomorrow, but as long as you inform the user. "Cant do this now... can > record it tomorrow at blah blah blah... Yes/No?" > > Yeah I rather meant scheduling without user input (like Season Pass for > example). Anyway that decision isn't important now. > > --8<-- > > Nice you switched to plain text already :D > > I see you're using Roundcube, too - one great piece of webmail :) > > -- > Michał Sawicz <[email protected]>
