Jeff Simpson wrote:
>An even better solution would be to do exactly what VCRs have
done for
>the last 10 years - the record button activates "OTR" for 30
minutes,
>and each additional press adds another 30 minutes up to some maximum
>value, at which it resets to 30 minutes. A different key could
be used
>to stop the recording, or it could be stopped using the existing
menu
>entries in the manage recordings or watch recordings menus.
>
>
Bruce Markey is 40 days ahead of you...
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/7401
<http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/7401>
I think I like the 30 minute increments better. The change listed
there says that
it sets it for 1 hour, and you have to go out and into the manual
recording settings
to change the end time. Not very intuitive, but it is a quick fix to
make it work. I think
the best case would be to have the record button pop up a dialog in
any case that either
A). shows the program, channel, and duration that it is going to
record, and you hit "enter"
to accept it. or
B). shows the channel number and since there is no program info, just
shows the duration
and lets you type in or use arrow keys to alter it before hitting
"enter" to accept it.
I think this is probably a good idea anyway, to prevent accidental
recordings (most newer home
electronics require you to hit record twice, and even old tape decks
made you hit play and record
at the same time). I'd like to have that verification to know what it
is I am recording, too, just to
make sure it knows that I am recording the show I want to, like if
it's 7:58 and I hit record, I'd like
the visual cue to say "record this 8-9pm show?" instead of "record the
last two minutes of credits from
the show that's on right now?"
I'm pretty sure that's called "Manual Recording" ;)--which is what Bruce
recommends you use even though he incorporated the often-requested
"instant record with no data" feature--see again the second paragraph of
the commit message.
Mike
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