2005-10-24, 01:51 PM
Hi there sub,
I just installed and started using GBPVR this weekend. It is AWESOME! I'm trying to ditch TIVO, but that requires the cooperation of my wife and she has pointed out a few problems. I've got a couple of requests, and hopefully they will be simple to implement when you have time.
When watching a show in time shift mode, sometimes the wrong button will get hit and it'll go back to the main menu. This kills the timeshift and the buffer is lost. It would be great if the timeshift was always running on the recorder in the background, on whatever channel you were last watching. Then if you choose live TV the client could just try to tie back into whatever channel is being time shifted. This would save a lot of grief.
This would also pertain to being able to surf the full screen TV guide without losing the timeshift buffer. I could go to the tv guide and look at what other shows are on and then have a choice to just hit back or cancel or something like that and it would go back to my timeshifted show that is still being taped. Also, if I chose the same channel as what is on, it would go right back to my timeshifted show instead of restarting the buffer.
This would also be handy when dealing with recording shows. Let's say I record a football game on ABC. When the recording ends, GBPVR recorder could kick right into timeshifting mode. This would continue to tape ABC in timeshift mode, and then if the football game runs long and I'm about 30 minutes behind watching it timeshifted, I wont miss the end of the game. Also, when I reach the end of the recorded file, it would be great if the client asked me if I wanted to go to live TV or back to the recordings menu.
I'm a programmer, so if you need any help, let me know. Not sure what language this is written in, but I can always stand to learn something new. I am the same as you when it come to artistic ability though...
I just installed and started using GBPVR this weekend. It is AWESOME! I'm trying to ditch TIVO, but that requires the cooperation of my wife and she has pointed out a few problems. I've got a couple of requests, and hopefully they will be simple to implement when you have time.
When watching a show in time shift mode, sometimes the wrong button will get hit and it'll go back to the main menu. This kills the timeshift and the buffer is lost. It would be great if the timeshift was always running on the recorder in the background, on whatever channel you were last watching. Then if you choose live TV the client could just try to tie back into whatever channel is being time shifted. This would save a lot of grief.
This would also pertain to being able to surf the full screen TV guide without losing the timeshift buffer. I could go to the tv guide and look at what other shows are on and then have a choice to just hit back or cancel or something like that and it would go back to my timeshifted show that is still being taped. Also, if I chose the same channel as what is on, it would go right back to my timeshifted show instead of restarting the buffer.
This would also be handy when dealing with recording shows. Let's say I record a football game on ABC. When the recording ends, GBPVR recorder could kick right into timeshifting mode. This would continue to tape ABC in timeshift mode, and then if the football game runs long and I'm about 30 minutes behind watching it timeshifted, I wont miss the end of the game. Also, when I reach the end of the recorded file, it would be great if the client asked me if I wanted to go to live TV or back to the recordings menu.
I'm a programmer, so if you need any help, let me know. Not sure what language this is written in, but I can always stand to learn something new. I am the same as you when it come to artistic ability though...
Do you think that my idea would be a simple way to add that functionality?
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