[mythtv-users] End of Recording Delete/Keep pop-up menu

[John P Poet]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Roger Siddons <dizygotheca at ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:43:47 -0000, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I use the delete/keep popup menu at the end of recording playback very
> >> frequently. Since .26 a delay of ~2 seconds was introduced before the
> >> menu displays. Ie, I can skip to the end of the recording, and it
> >> will always play the last 2-3 seconds before the menu appears. In <=
> >> .25, this never happened - the menu appeared instantly.
> >>
> >> I have not really troubleshooted it, but wanted to ask if anything was
> >> changed to cause it before I started investigating it. Maybe some new
> >> setting I need to fiddle with that I cannot find. It is more of a
> >> nuisance than a bug, but after years of being used to something, it is
> >> a nuisance :)
> >>
> >
> > In the absence of any knowledgeable responses I'll speculate that this is
> > related to https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6974
> >
> > There's been numerous improvements to playback-end for various reasons
> but
> > no mention of skip, so my *guess* would be either that skip is not
> getting
> > close enough to the end or, most likely, the 2 secs is merely the
> playback
> > 'drain'. If so, maybe there's a case for skip-to-end to short-circuit the
> > drain if the recording isn't in progress.
> >
>
> Yep - I was looking for more confirmation that "Yes, I see that too",
> or not.  That trac ticket does not sound like it would really apply,
> but just the reverse effect.  In my case, I have my system set to jump
> 30 seconds (left or right) and 10 minutes (up or down) for skipping.
> When I am watching a video that is at 53 mins out of 60 and I press
> down (skip forward 10 mins), in .25 and earlier the "End of Recording"
> menu would pop up immediately.  With .26 and greater, it still plays
> 2-3 seconds of video before the menu appears.  I was just wanting to
> know if that is expected or an anomaly in my setup I need to track
> down.  If noone else sees this, then I know it is just here.
>

The behavior you are describing indeed was a result from the change
referred to in ticket 6974.  It is the price paid to actually be able to
see the last few seconds of the recording.

John
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