On 09.05.2009 21:31, Udo Richter wrote:
On 08.05.2009 21:42, Pasi Juppo wrote:
The problem is not how to edit but which buttons needs to be pressed to set cutting marks, which to move them, which to start actual cutting etc.
I agree that the editing key mapping is not very intuitive, at least not as intuitive as the rest of VDR. I'm not sure how this can be improved the best way, but I think some 'editing mode' as opposed to normal 'playback mode' may be a good solution.
This 'editing mode' could have some (OSD visible) key mapping like red->toggle mark, green->jump to last mark, yellow->jump to next mark, blue->start editing. However, this would make jumping a lot more difficult.
The color keys are already in use during replay - and I really don't see how using the color keys would be any more intuitive than using the number keys.
Or some mini-onscreen menu? Navigate to 'toggle mark' and press ok? Too difficult.
Switchable key mappings? Not intuitive.
And how to go to editing mode? No obvious key is unused or unneeded. Give it a main menu item when in playback mode?
This is probably something that will need several incarnations as a patch to find a nice and intuitive solution. Any volunteers?
The only way this could be made "intuitive" is probably by using a remote control that has dedicated keys for these functions (and making them definable in VDR, but it's already prepared for that - see keys.h).
Personally I don't find the key mapping that unintuitive. After all, the number keys are unused in replay mode, so why not use them for editing?
2=Cut
4=Move Back 6=Move Forward
7=Jump Back 8=Test 9=Jump Forward
0=Toggle
How about using a marker pen and drawing some symbols onto your remote control that indicate these actions?
Klaus