On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Stephen Rowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stephen
> It might work for ivtv, it doesn't work for DVB ;) I should have made that > a bit clearer! A lot of this is made better with the dvbstreamer plug-in Good point I don't use DVB (yet). > but fast forward and rewind do not work, at least not in the sense that > any end user would be expecting, fast forward does not mean "skip > 30seconds" and rewind does not mean "skip back 30 seconds". Fast forward > and rewind are a continuous operation, most PVR's support this at multiple > speeds from 2x -> 16x in both directions. I would like to see that in > Freevo (I understand this may well depend on xine / mplayer, but it still > something I would like to see). > > Other PVR function includes things like On Screen Display of current > channel while watching TV, moving through channels on screen with now/next > appearing at the bottom of the screen to pick another channel without > having to stop viewing the program you are watching. And of course the > infamous "red button" functionality for DVB. Having never had these features I never missed them, but they do sound pretty useful. > >> Missing from the list is a more consistent control system with less > >> unique > >> commands. Having a separate key for stop and back seems silly, and > >> again > > Not seeing what the problem with seperate buttons for Stop and back. > > Makes a lot sense to me, different functions different buttons. What > > exactly are you seeing as a problem? > > Having different buttons for back and stop is a waste of time and confuses > end users. Why do you need 2 buttons, they have the same function. Back > goes back up menu items, back when playing media stops playing and moves > back to the menu, why do you need to have "stop"? > > Why is there enter and select as different buttons, why are they used > inconsistently? Sometimes select shows a sub menu, sometimes (TV guide) it > shows the full description of the program and you have to press a > different key to get the sub menu. Then on top of that there is a Play > button which has a 3rd meaning, do we really need that many buttons? I > could see the argument for 2, but 3? So far I have been unable to get what > I would consider a sensible and easy to use key configuration without > going in and changing the freevo plug-ins for things like TV. Agreeded. Alot more predictabilty in how the buttons work would be a good thing. It would also allow for both small remotes to handle the core features and a fancier remote to beable to handle both core and "fany" features. > Minimising controls, or at least supporting simpler controls, will make > freevo much easier to use. As it stands when my mother in law comes to > visit she cannot really use the TV because the control system is too > complicated to explain. That is my target audience for my control > comments. An aim to allow full functionality for the mac remote would be a > good target. That has 6 buttons: > > > http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/51/3025041174545801/www.info.apple.com/images/kbase/302504/302504_2.jpg > > effectively: > > up > down > left > right > play/pause > menu Alright that really is a small button choice. I understand what your looking at now. Again, I have never really used anything but software PVR's like Freevo. > I would be very interested in how you have this setup just using the > freevo local config and lirc config. If it is simply a case of documenting > this properly then I would love to see some updates on the wiki that would > help. > > I'll see If I still have by config files around. It worked pretty well. THough Ithink I may have edit the events.py to get it all working. Evan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
