popup menu at the end of a recording

[Gibson99]

wannabepvr has it right on the head - i've had shows cut off in the middle that i'd scheduled weeks prior (recurring)... i thought it was odd that there was so much BS at the beginning of the recording but i just FF thru it... but just as the show is almost over and you're about to reach the height of the plot, BAM you're back at the main menu, thinking "hey, who stopped the show?" and like wannabe, i also replayed the recording to see what happened. first time it happened, i figured there had been a power failure, as the recording happened while i was not at home, and the pc is set to power on after power loss in the bios. second time it happened, it was too coincidental.

i think tivo's reasoning for putting it there is, like stefan said - to delete the recording after you're done watching it, because that's what i usually do anyway. helps keep the disk from filling up too quickly. it makes for fewer clicks and menu navigation to delete it once you're done with it.

the suggestion for a third option "copy to archive and delete original" would also be great. i don't think a DB change would be necessary for this, as my "archive" is a network drive that i have mapped in the 'my videos' section anyway.

[Gibson99]

oh, and skidoo - i wasn't suggesting a dialog box when you actually press stop - most of the time, you know you did it (barring tiny fingers on the remote, or a remote that thinks it's a sofa cushion). i was only talking about when the recording reaches the end through normal playback. right now it just drops you back to the menu without telling you what happened, and as you can see from our scenarios, sometimes it can be confusing. then again, if your show ended early (or you had too much post-padding), then maybe a popup when you DO press stop would be nice - options to continue playback (as if you'd pressed pause instead of stop - kids, sat on remote, etc), delete file, don't delete and go to menu, or archive.

[23skidoo]

oh, and skidoo - i wasn't suggesting a dialog box when you actually press stop - most of the time, you know you did it (barring tiny fingers on the remote, or a remote that thinks it's a sofa cushion).

No way man. That's one place where you definitely need it. Forget about tiny fingers; plenty of us have big fingers.

i was only talking about when the recording reaches the end through normal playback. right now it just drops you back to the menu without telling you what happened, and as you can see from our scenarios, sometimes it can be confusing.

Yeah, no, that makes perfect sense. That'd be nice; getting a prompt when a previously recorded show that you're watching comes to an end.

then again, if your show ended early (or you had too much post-padding), then maybe a popup when you DO press stop would be nice - options to continue playback (as if you'd pressed pause instead of stop - kids, sat on remote, etc), delete file, don't delete and go to menu, or archive.

Sure. Sounds reasonable. I thought y'all were talking about a modal dialog when a recording finishes up; like, when GB-PVR is finished recording a program.

[stefan]

Sure. Sounds reasonable. I thought y'all were talking about a modal dialog when a recording finishes up; like, when GB-PVR is finished recording a program.

No wonder you were so much against it