[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

[Thomas Mashos]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
> On 08/27/2012 02:50 AM, mikkel wrote:
>>
>> I find (using .24+fixes) that LiveTV works ok. It is only a matter of bugs
>> and users being frustrated because they cannot change channel do to an
>> ongoing recording. And this frustration is basically due to the lack of
>> information. I believe the above would help a lot.
>>
>> But in 0.25+, it will actually allow users to change channel even if the
>> physical tuner is locked on a mux or if the requested channel is on
>> another video source.en holding off on an upgrade. I have install scripts
>> and disks ready, but I guess I will have to wait undetil .26 rolls out.
>>
>> But would it be an idea to gather information like I suggest to support
>> the dev's? I will gladly help if the work will be used
>>
>>
> Don't hesitate to upgrade to 0.25 based on our discussion... LiveTV works
> well as it was designed, but we were discussion how to improve the design...
> really just throwing ideas out there. My only real complaint is that it is
> commflagging live tv still, it was fixed in 0.26, but not backported yet
> (that I'm aware of).
>
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Someone wanted a flowchart? How about this? It would minimize
questions to the user, at the cost of reserving a tuner per Live TV
session. I'm probably forgetting something here, but it's what I could
come up with in 10 minutes.

http://static.inky.ws/image/2674/image.jpg

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos