[mythtv] Re: [PATCH] EPG Improvements

[Harvard Pan]

True, there's no current notification. How about this.. I'll post a
separate patch tonight on my site of a patch with the notification,
and one without. I already have the code ready, just need to test it
first. Whoever ends up applying the patch can decide ultimately which
one gets committed. I think both methods have their merits, but I
don't think I'm the one that should be making the decision.

Thanks for your input, Brian!

--Harvard

On 5/9/05, Brian C. Huffman <huffman at graze.net> wrote:
> Harvard Pan <harvardpan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If there are no new recorders or new inputs available, it will go back
> > to the current recorder and input. It behaves exactly like
> > ToggleInputs and SwitchInputs does today (when you press Y or C) in
> > that it sets the flags, which kills the current player and tries to
> > find the next one. Since it's in the Live TV EPG, there's always at
> > least one recorder available (the current one).
> >
> > There could be a check put in for whether there is a free recorder
> > available BEFORE you kill the current one. the problem with that is
> > you could still run into the same problem of not finding one after you
> > restart (since another frontend or recording process can take it in
> > the interim), so you don't really end up solving anything.
> >
> > Let me know if that's what people want though, and I can always change
> > the code to do so. I felt that keeping it consistent with the current
> > behavior was more important, since that's what people will be familiar
> > with.
> >
> 
> True - there's always one recorder available, but it may not have access to the
> channel you request.  In that case, the way things currently stand, there's no
> notification to the user of why it did "nothing" when he / she selected a new
> channel.
> 
> Brian
> 
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