[mythtv-users] Set bookmark on pause

Jim Stichnoth stichnot at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 20:28:44 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 01/16/2010 12:05 PM, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>>
>>> I was always a little envious of this U-Verse feature:
>>>
>>>  Pause a recorded show and pick up where you left off in another room.
>>>
>>> because with family interruptions, it's never certain that a paused
>>> show will be resumed on the same TV.  If I think ahead, I can set a
>>> bookmark after pausing, but I don't usually think ahead, so I would
>>> like for pause to automatically set a bookmark.
>>>
>>> Has there ever been discussion of this option?  Clearly we don't want
>>> yet another config option and settings table entry, but it seems
>>> reasonable for pause to automatically set the bookmark only when the
>>> AltClearSavedPosition setting is disabled.  I made a simple patch for
>>> this, but I won't bother submitting it if this feature has been
>>> discussed and rejected in the past.
>>>
>
> That sounds like a good idea.  I'm planning a rework of bookmarks to
> allow multiple bookmarks per recording (with a nice bookmark select
> dialog complete with thumbnails available for selection).
>
> When I work on it, I'll plan to include automatic bookmarks at pause
> (with names something like, "Pause bookmark (Jan 16, 2010, 12:50)," or
> whatever.

I'll be looking forward to this, especially when I can set the preview
image based on a bookmark that doesn't regularly change.

> With the current "one bookmark per video" approach, it would require a
> new setting to get permission to overwrite bookmarks just because of
> pause, so I'd prefer we not put such a feature in SVN.  (Though it
> wouldn't be difficult for you to modify your local copy--and feel free
> to post a patch here for others to use.)

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't want a new setting, which is why I was
looking for a "smart" approach.  It seems if you don't use the
AltClearSavedPosition setting (i.e., you always set a bookmark on
select and when exiting playback), then you're unlikely to mind if the
bookmark is also set on pause.  And if you do use
AltClearSavedPosition, then you probably won't be thrilled if pausing
messes with your bookmark.

In any case, given the bookmark overhaul plans, I'll just keep this
local unless there is other interest in it.

Jim


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