[vdr] Re: channel switching and EPG

["Johannes Schoeller" <schoeller@izeman.net>]

> > > > > eg. you're watching pro7 and switch to rtl. you press the "channel
up"
> > > > > the EPG of pro7 is shown. but what i would like to see is the epg
of
> > > rtl.
> >
> > Klaus answered:
> > > > Have you tried VDR 1.1.19 yet (where channel switching is done in
> > > > a separate thread)?
> >
> > J.S:
> > > yes, same thing
> >
> > > but i think this is not a bug, it's a feature. no joke. i guess it's
my
> > > fault. it's just when you enter numbers to jump to a channel, VDR
waits
> > > some time for maybe on more number, and after that it jumps to that
> > >channel during that time the epg of the current channel is displayed.
> >
> > Klaus: have you changed this in the new version? I don't think
> > this is a feature ;o)). It would be nice to see the epg of the
> > channel I am switching to (like a kind of preview while waiting esp
> > when using a motor dish ;o)), rather than viewing the epg info of the
> > channel I am leaving. I already know what's on the channel, I am
> > leaving, as I am already "there".
> >
> > Greetz,
> > Reinhard
>
> To the best of my knowledge it _does_ show the EPG of the channel you are
> switching to. The only time where you may see the EPG of the _current_
> channel is when you enter a channel number through the numeric keys.
> That's because VDR waits half a second to see whether you are going to
> type any more keys, and since the channel display comes up at that point,
> but the channel has not been switched yet, you are seeing the current
channel's
> EPG. Once the timeout has expired the channel is switched and you will see
the
> new channel's EPG. If you use the Up/Down keys to switch you'll
immediately
> see the new channel's EPG.
>
> So I don't see where anything should/could be changed here.

that's what i meant when i spoke of a feature. BUT: there still IS one thing
that could be changed. VDR could show the epg belonging to the "channel
number typed in so far".

example:

you are on channel #7 and want to got to channel #12 (=rtl). so you press 1
(=ard) and VDR shows the epg data of #1 (just in case you WON'T press any
more buttons). but then you press 2 within .5sec what makes the 12 complete
for #12 (=rtl) and VDR shows the epg for RTL.

that way you would ALWAYS see the EPG of the channel you're just typing in.
maybe that way you find something interesting you could watch on ARD (if we
stay with my example above) *g*

servus hannes!

Johannes Schoeller
schoeller@izeman.net





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