[mythtv-users] Enabling multirec borks usability a bit.

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/20/2010 12:54 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Actually, for that use case there is a much better option than Live 
> TV, and I'm sure that it would be almost easier to implement than Live 
> TV. I'm taking about the Video Wall.
>
> This would be basically like the Picture-in-Picture code, but instead 
> of having a tiny window for your second channel, you take *every* 
> channel in a given multiplex, divvy up the screen area into equal 
> slots and display them all. You would use the Up and Down buttons to 
> move a highlighted rectangle round these, the highlighted entry would 
> be the one you heard sound from. If you hit Enter, you'd get that full 
> screen. Escape, and you'd go back to the Video Wall. Menu entries 
> would move you between multiplexes.
>
> Any takers?

There's already some support for Picture-by-Picture (i.e. 2 4:3 shows 
side-by-side on a 16:9 TV).  It's probably also undergoing a major 
rewrite with some refactoring/OSD changes Mark K. is working on (so 
might actually become more useful--unless too many constraints are 
placed on the work).

Mike