[mythtv] Behaviour when entering LiveTV with a single tuner that is in use

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Wed Nov 28 17:19:32 UTC 2007


Robin Neatherway wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been playing around with the latest SVN and noticed that the
> very handy addition of a warning when trying to view Live TV while all
> the tuners are in use does not occur if you only have a single tuner.
> I assume this decision was made because if you do only have the one
> tuner, there is only one recording possible to watch, and so it seems
> as if there is no choice to be made. However, it is confusing because
> no distinction is made in this case. It then seems reasonable to
> attempt to change channels, which fails because you are watching a
> recording rather than Live TV.
>
> I would like to recommend that the check at line 126 of tv_play.cpp be
> removed and the popup dialog be shown whether or not there is only one
> recording in progress. Shall I open a ticket with a patch for this?
>
> Cheers,
> Robin
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My .02$ worth. Don't make it a default dialog with only one tuner. Maybe 
a OSD message "viewing recording" when tuning commands are attempted.


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