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

[Albert Santoni]

There's no excuse for this kind of flaming.

I agree with Todd's usability requests. I think they are good ideas, and
would help round out MythTV.

Thank you.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Conti" <dconti at acm.wwu.edu>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:11 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] Two Bugs in Mythtv v0.11 & TwoUsability
Requests


> 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:
>
> >
> >
> > -----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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