<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Thomas Mashos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com" target="_blank">thomas@mashos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Eric Sharkey <<a href="mailto:eric@lisaneric.org">eric@lisaneric.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Thomas Mashos <<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com">thomas@mashos.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Offended? No. Relax? I'm completely calm. I just find it a bit funny<br>
>> when I list some of the work necessary on the developer side for this<br>
>> to be done and you completely ignore it.<br>
><br>
> To be honest, the points you mentioned really do seem like unnecessary<br>
> fluff. Sure, it would be nice, but it's not the heart of the feature<br>
> being requested.<br>
><br>
> The feature request was a way to "view programs etc when I'm off the<br>
> LAN". This could be accomplished by a simple "download" button that<br>
> just dumps the recording to a file in a folder and leaves the rest to<br>
> the user to manage.<br>
><br>
> You wrote:<br>
>> From a dev POV, they have to develop all that and probably<br>
>> 5) Mark recording as watched when reconnected to the same backend.<br>
>> 6) Delete recording from android device when it's watched (or maybe later sometime?)<br>
>> 7) Delete the transcoded file from the backend at some point<br>
><br>
> 5 is really just gravy. No one has explicitly asked for that. 6 has<br>
> negative value and is best not done at all. The user can delete the<br>
> file when he decides he's done with it. 7 has to be done anyway.<br>
> This is no different than when playing a recording live with HLS.<br>
><br>
>> Newsflash: There isnt a magical garden gnome that throws eye of newt<br>
>> into a boiling pot and out pops mythtv android code that has all the<br>
>> features you want. It does actually have to be written by a human<br>
>> (specifically dmfrey).<br>
><br>
> Of course. Everybody knows that. No one has placed any demands on anyone.<br>
><br>
> On the other hand, dmfrey has made it clear on this list that he wants<br>
> his app to be the "official" Android client, to the extent that there<br>
> is such a thing. Part of that means listening to feature requests<br>
> from users (whether he decides to implement them or not is another<br>
> matter). All I've tried to do is better articulate Paul Wilson's<br>
> request as it seems something very useful to me as well.<br>
><br>
> Eric<br>
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</div></div>Thanks, I feel much better saying "Patches welcome" now.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Thomas Mashos<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>For feature requests, please submit a new issue at<div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/MythTV-Android/mythtv-for-android/issues?state=open">https://github.com/MythTV-Android/mythtv-for-android/issues?state=open</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Mark it as an enhancement and we will review it.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/dmfrey" target="_blank">My Google Profile</a><br><br>
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