[linux-dvb] Re: some newbie questions concerning VDR 0.71 & DVB 0.82

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> Nils Heidorn wrote:
> ....
> > (1) in the new 0.71 the "Red" and "Green" keys are not showing EPG info for
> > the current channel anymore, am i missing something or is this wanted ??
> 
> I believe that this function existed in a previous version,
> but according to the VDR 0.71 MANUAL, no color button has
> a function in "normal" mode.
> 
> I think it would be a good idea to have a consistent way
> to get a "Summary" info in all applicable modes.
> What I mean is: we should define ONE key for that.
> Pressing that same key in "Normal" mode gives us the EPG
> summary of the program currently being watched, in "Timer"
> mode it displays the summary entry for the current timer,
> in "Recordings" mode it displays the summary entry for the
> current recording. In "Replay" mode it displays the summary
> entry for the recording being replayed.
> 
> What do people think about that idea?
> 
> What would be a suitable key?
> We already use "Blue" for that in "Recordings" mode.
> Maybe we should put this function on "Blue" also in the
> other modes?
> For "Normal", there would be no collision.
> For "Replay", we could move the "Stop" function to "Red".
> Any ideas about "Timer"?
> 
> If everyone agrees, I would volunteer to implement that mod.

Assigning functions to "basic" buttons (especially if they already have a given
meaning) should be considered extremely carefully. For instance, another
user suggested that the Red and Blue buttons in replay mode should do
a skip +/-10minutes. Since many of the colored keys already have meanings
in the various modes, I don't think it's a good idea to "fiddle in" a
a particular function that is also available through the normal menu.
The basic VDR functionality should be accessible with a minimum set of
keys, so anything that is also available through the menu should not
be assigned to the "basic" keys. I haven't found a "good" solution yet
how to let the user define any number of additional keys, but I'd say
a functionality like the one described above should go onto an "extra"
key.

Just my thoughts... Of course everybody can assign their keys the way
they like...;-)

Klaus
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