[mythtv-users] Edit Mode overlay menu?

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Fri Jan 6 18:04:29 UTC 2006


On Friday 06 January 2006 12:54, Ramon Redondo wrote:
> On 1/6/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 06 January 2006 02:23, Ross Campbell wrote:
> > > On 1/5/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > is there a menu for the edit mode such that I don't have to learn all
> > > > the keys to my remote? I can't find a keymapping for one in the docs
> > >
> > > You mean other than the docs at /usr/share/doc/mythtv*/keys.txt?
> > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/keys.txt
> >
> > yes, I don't want to have a keyboard connected, and I don't need to.
> > There are so few options for editing, it would be nice for people who
> > don't want to map lots of keys to their keyboard to have:
> >
> > -Load Commercial Skip List
> > -Clear All Cut Points
> > -Queue For Transcode (which I know is in the regular playback menu)
> > -Jump To Next Commercial Point
> > -Jump To Previous Commercial Point
> >
> > > Ugh. I would absolutely *hate* using a remote for editing my cutlists.
> > > Shoot me now.
> >
> > Its not bad, I have the arrows for moving around, PageUp/Down are channel
> > up and down. The only things *I'm* missing are the load and clear
> > cutpoints and begin transcode (which is in the regular menu during
> > playback). It would just be nice to have the other options, and whatever
> > future options might become available in a menu. In the couple times I've
> > played with it, moving around with the remote is as fast as the keyboard,
> > I just can't load commercial points.
>
> I'm not sure if this was the default mapping, but the keys that I use
> for SKIPCOMMERCIAL and SKIPCOMMBACK (Z/Q) are also mapped to
> LOADCOMMSKIP and CLEARMAP.

Well, I'm using Home and End so I can use the same button to jump around by a 
full day in the EPG. I will most likely map them to one of my LCD buttons, 
but again, it would help those that want to have minimal buttons on their 
remote.

> Since I already had those keys mapped on my remote, and I don't need
> them while EDITING, I figure it's a good fit.
>
> You also could overload your PageUp and PageDown keys to something
> else... you're not using channel switching while editing.

This I did do already.

-- 
thanks,
Steve


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