[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] Re: Ticket #866: Record in LiveTV doesn't work if you leave LiveTV.

[Steve Adeff]

On Friday 06 January 2006 22:24, MythTV wrote:
> #866: Record in LiveTV doesn't work if you leave LiveTV.
> ----------------------------------------------+----------------------------
>- Reporter:  adrian.wilkins at spamoff.gmail.com  |        Owner:  danielk
> Type:  defect                            |       Status:  assigned
> Priority:  major                             |    Milestone:  0.19
> Component:  mythtv                            |      Version:  head
> Severity:  medium                            |   Resolution:
> ----------------------------------------------+----------------------------
>- Comment (by danielk):
>
>  Commit readers, please test the attached patch attached to this ticket.
>
>  AFAIC This should be the last big changeset before 0.19...
>
>  What this does is introduce the concept of a 'pseudoLiveTVRecording' which
>  allows us to insert what will be a regular recording into a LiveTV chain.
>  This in turn lets the LiveTV experience be more seemless, with scheduled
>  recordings and marked recordings within the chain feeling to the user like
>  a slightly restricted form of LiveTV. Restrictions that can be lifted by
>  toggling the 'R'ecord bit off.
>
>  When one of these regular recordings is in progress certain LiveTV
>  functions such as channel changing are disabled, once this recording ends
>  or you end it's special status it by toggling "R"ecord then LiveTV
>  functionality resumes. You can also exit at any point during the 'regular'
>  recording whether it was instanciated by pressing 'R' in LiveTV or was a
>  scheduled recording you chose to watch as it started, and it will continue
>  recording until it finishes or you cancel it via the normal means.

If you press R and a recording is flagged, etc, and you hit R again, will it 
ask if you want to stop recording before it cancels the record? 

>  When a scheduled recording occurs while you are watching a recording that
>  you flagged for keeping as a 'regular' recording you are informed of your
>  options like you normally would be. But instead of 'Record and continue
>  watching' being the default, 'Cancel scheduled recording' is the the
>  default. The rationale is that you would probably not want that movie you
>  just flagged for keeps to be cancelled so that one of your many recording
>  rules could be obeyed.

Why not do a couple checks
1. Does this tuner have a scheduled record that will take place during the 
time of the show allocated that you now wish to record?
2. If so, can this scheduled record be moved to another tuner?

If not, I'd prefer to be told that by recording what I'm currently watching a 
future recording of X will be canceled. Then be given the option to cancel 
that recording or schedule to record what I'm currently watching at a later 
showing, at which point it can bring me to the regular screen for setting up 
a record (like when I hit Info on the EPG for a show). It would also be nice 
if I could be told whether the show that was scheduled to be recorded can be 
recorded at a later date according to its scheduled recording rules.

There are certain shows that I want/need to be recorded at a certain time or 
else I'll never get to record them. This doesn't mean I know when all those 
shows are on (thats why I use a PVR), so this would warn me of a impending 
conflict and allow me to resolve the conflict according to the what I, the 
user, consider the best mediation of the conflict.


>  This does change the MythTV protocol, it adds a parameter to ASK_RECORDING
>  and to CANCEL_NEXT_RECORDING, and adds a new tv_rec to tv_play message
>  "LIVETV_WATCH". The first two are to support making 'Cancel scheduled
>  recording' the default after you mark a LiveTV recording as a 'regular'
>  recording. "LIVETV_WATCH" is mostly to tell the frontend whether to enable
>  or disable things like channel changing, but it is also used to change the
>  channel in LiveTV to get ready for a scheduled recording, when the user is
>  in when it begins LiveTV and hasn't canceled the recording.
>
>
>  I tested the following with both NuppelVideoRecorder and DVBRecorder:
>
>  {{{
>  "R"ecord:
>    * exits correctly at end of program      ? Yes
>    * exits correcting if you leave livetv   ? Yes
>  Scheduled Record while in LiveTV
>    * starts correctly if you were
>      watching different channel             ? Yes
>    * starts correctly if you were
>      watching same channel                  ? Yes
>      NOTE: This does a channel change, which isn't really needed...
>    * exits correctly at end of program      ? Yes
>    * exits correcting if you leave livetv   ? Yes
>
>  "R"ecorded program can cancel conflicting Scheduled Recordings?
>    * during LiveTV                          ? Yes
>       + starts recording                    ? Yes
>       + reschedule doesn't cause scheduled
>         unwanted recording restart          ? Yes
>    * after LiveTV exit (before notify)      ? Yes
>    * after LiveTV exit (after notify)       ? Yes
>
>  "R"ecorded program can allow conflicting Scheduled Recording to proceed
>    * in LiveTV                              ? Yes
>    * by exiting and abandoning recording    ? Yes
>  }}}
>
>  Plus, some other things I tested less systematically along the way...
>
>  What hasn't been well tested is just everyday use; for instance,
>  practically all my conflicting scheduled recordings were created by
>  inserting manual recordings.


I'll give it a go after the weekend, thanks for your work!

-- 
Steve