Tanja wrote: > Hi John, Vlad and list > > vlad schrieb: > >> hi tanja and list, >> >> merging both plugins is a great idea! >> itv plays all rss-feeds vpodcast didn't play (like quarks&co and the >> german tagesschau). it seems to be more versatile. >> > > exactly, I also noticed this when I tried tagesschau. > I guess that is something like a reference for Germany ;-) > > >> i also like that itv streams the video and doesn't download it. >> it would be great if you could choose between downloading >> or streaming. however, i like streaming more than downloading. >> > > I had problems with streaming (heavy delay between video and audio), > but I will make both options available as choice. > Both options would be great. > >> imo the "internet tv" menu entry should be a movies submenu. this makes >> the main menu clearer. >> > > I would also vote for moving it to the movies menu and leave the TV menu for > real TV hardware. > I think this is also clearer from the coders point of view, as VideoItem is > used for the streams. > > @John: Is that ok for you? > > Regards > Tanja > I'd really still have to argue that logically internet tv should go under the TV menu. Especially if there are live TV streams, then when I'm watching TV it doesn't matter that it's streaming from the net as opposed to from my TV card - it's still 'watching tv'. Where I do see a problem is when it's used to download TV, then it could be argued that it should come under the movies section as that's where you'd normally have offline content. However I'd still say stick with the TV menu because if you took Freevo from an outsiders point of view, as a appliance or stb or whatever, do you think someone new to it would expect to find TV under the 'Watch TV ' menu or under the 'Watch a Video' menu? I'm not trying to be smart here in any way I'm just aware that there may also be some meaning lost in translations. I can't see how TV, whether it be internet or not, offline or not, should come under anything but the 'Watch TV' menu. Movies are films and as such it really doesn't belong under that menu. This in turn brings up another issue - 'Watch a Movie' should more accurately be called 'Watch a Video' but even if it was I still wouldn't put it under that heading :) Arguments welcome :)
Having just reread that paragraph I might go a different direction and expand on this. What I think the real problem is that the proposed plugin is not an 'Internet TV' plugin but rather an 'Online Content' plugin i.e. it is not restricted to just showing TV stations nor is it excluded from showing them, it will display whatever content it's pointed to. Taking this into account and re-evaluating it from a new users point of view could I suggest another solution? Add a variable to the config that states whether the feed is a TV station or not. If it is it would be displayed under an 'Internet TV' submenu of the TV menu, if it is not then there could be another submenu under the Movies menu for 'Online video' or some such. I know that this may seem slightly over complicated at first but I always try to look at freevo from a usability point of view (and specifically from a new users point of view). Any thoughts? Am I mad :) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
