[vdr] Patch to use Skip keys (Next + Previous)
Klaus Schmidinger
Klaus.Schmidinger at cadsoft.de
Sat Apr 15 15:47:43 CEST 2006
Peter Juszack wrote:
> Hallo
>
> Since a long time I wondered when the very common skip keys are
> available in VDR.
> I believe these keys are available but unused on most remote controls.
> The attached patch adds to new keys kNext and kPrevious to keys.h and
> keys.c.
> The patch modifies vdr.c and menu.c to switch channel up/down whith the
> new keys.
I don't really see the reason why there should be yet another pair
of keys for switching channels up/down - there is already kChanUp/kChanDn.
Wouldn't it make more sense to use kPrev/kNext for jumping between channel
groups?
> I also modified the mp3 and dvd plugins to use the new keys. I can
> provide patches therefor
> if the patch will be intergrated in VDR.
>
> As logical mp3 jumps between tracks.
>
> When playing a DVD Next and Previous have the same meaning like 4 and 6
> and jump
> between DVD chapters. That is the common behaviour of stand-alone DVD
> players.
> Very smart when replaying music DVDs because the different songs are
> DVD chapters.
>
> I can also imagine to use Prev/Next to navigate between cutting marks in
> a recording. (not yet implemented)
I've added that.
Klaus
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