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

[Paul Gardiner]

mugginz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:56:07 pm Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> mugginz wrote:
>>> Browsed to channel 7 with up arrow
>>> Pressed enter to switch to channel 7
>>> Pressed 'R' to begin recording
>>> Browsed to channel 9 with up arrow
>>> Pressed enter to switch to channel 9
>>> Pressed 'R' to begin recording
>>> Browsed to channel 10 with up arrow
>>> Pressed enter to switch to it but wont do the switch
>>> It simply dumps me back to channel 9
>>> (this is with Browse all channels off)
>> Could this be because the procedure is intended to avoid conflicts
>> between scheduled conflicts and LiveTv, rather than between 'R'
>> invoked ones?
>>
>> Not that I'm saying it makes it ok. Just wondering if that's
>> the difference between what has been stated and what you
>> are seeing.
>>
>> Paul.
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> But the prescribed work-around you proposed is the same one that was proposed 
> by others as a way to enable what I stated I was doing.
> 
> If you're saying it's not possible to do what I'm trying to do even if I 
> employ the proposed configurations then I guess you're validating my point that 
> new code is required to enable the functionality I'm describing.

Don't get me wrong. I'm definitely in the camp of thinking live tv is
important, and that future improvements would be very welcome, but

1) Lack of conflict with 'R' invoked recordings is far less important
than lack of conflict with scheduled ones. That's because, as far as
I know, although MythTv users use live tv, they almost never do so
to watch something they knew up front that they were interested in, and
the only reason to press 'R' is to go to bed or out, and not to watch
something else that is live. (I may be wrong but I imagine that is
true).

2) Given 2, I expect a lot of people reading your post didn't read it
thoroughly and just thought "recording/live tv conflict".


Still nice if it was all fixed though. :-)

Paul.