[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] Two Bugs in Mythtv v0.11 & Two Usability Requests

[Dan Conti]

Hey dude, you know what i'd love? If you could send this same message
another time. Maybe if you could crosspost it again, and send it with more
feeling - like you really mean it.

Reach out to the reader, another 2 times, and let them know how you truly
feel, cause the first 4 were just setting the stage.

Thanks.

(for future reference, this kind of discussion is better suited for
mythtv-users).

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Todd Greene wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Greene [mailto:tngreene at pacbell.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:13 PM
> To: 'mythtv-users at mythtv.org'; 'mythtv-dev at mythtv.org'
> Subject: RE: Two Bugs in Mythtv v0.11 & Two Usability Requests
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Two bugs in Mythtv 0.11 (and in previous versions as well):
>
> (1) The frontend hangs or crashes if the backend is not running.  It would
> be nice if the frontend detected the backend being down, and gave a nice
> error message.  (I also noticed that the backend is crashing more in 0.11,
> but I haven't figured out when yet).
>
> (2) (Using PVR250): If mythtv is recording a program on a channel that has
> no reception (i.e. the antenna is unplugged for example), the result is a
> small mpeg file that causes problems with the Mythtv.  When scrolling
> through the "Watch Recordings" menu, the UI hangs for ~10 seconds or more on
> each of these recordings.  This occurs even when it is set up *not* to show
> previews of the recording of the window, and only show thumbnails.  It also
> hangs for ~10 seconds when trying to delete these recordings on the "Delete
> Recordiings" Menu.
>
>
> Two usability requests:
>
> (1) When choosing a menu option (especially "Watch Recordings", or
> "Weather") there is usually a long delay (~5-7 seconds) before the next
> screen is displayed.  (This may also be exaggerated because my backend is a
> Pentium 3/450).  When a menu is selected, it would be nice if Myth would
> make a sound, and possibly even put up a message that says "loading." so the
> user knew that their button-click was registered.
>
> (2) The ability to pop-up a help menu during TV/recording watching so people
> could remember the keyboard commands.  It would be nice if this was
> configurable with a custom jpg, this way people could put pictures of their
> own remotes and show the key mappings that applied to their setup.
>
>
> Hope this helps.  In the future, which list would be better for this type of
> email:  users or dev?
>
> -- Todd
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