South Africa
Hi all,
First off, and of course: MP is a seriously good package – free or not…
To get to the point though, there are some operations which I feel are so fundamentally important in a PVR system, that I'm surprised they aren't already implemented, or if they are, they’re not quite as intuitive as I believe they should be, and humbly request assistance.
I would basically like to know how, or even if, it's possible to do any of the following:
1. When playing a recording, how to I get to a specific time in the recording, say for example 14:37? When I enter the numbers, I get as far as entering 143, with the numbers at the bar at the top reading 14:3, but when I press 7, the bar just disappears, and the recording doesn't move at all. I've tried numerous things, but nothing I've found seems to do the trick - what am I missing? (PS. I know when one exits a show, and comes back into it, MP asks if I’d like to resume at the last place. This is not enough – most times I’ll keep something, to show o my wife, friends, whatever – and want a way to get there _immediately_).
2. Time-shift recording is always nice to have, but on my LG hard-drive recorder, there's a nice feature: I can record fragments (or chunks) or timeshifted TV quite easily. I can't surmise how to do it at all with MP - though I've found it to be an _incredibly_ useful feature. Am I missing something obvious, or is this not implemented yet?
3. Another thing which I've become totally dependant on: a place holder. When playing DVD’s, sometime they’re referred to as bookmarks? Basically when I’m watching a recorded show, a DVD, or even time-shifted TV, I can press a button to bookmark that scene (bookmark only good whilst watching that show, DVD, or timeshift). Is there a way to bookmark a program to come back to it later on?
4. Finally, and this is really a small thing – the My Weather plugin – it’s never heard of my city (I live in South Africa, and above that, I live in a small coastal town – really outta the way – but Cape Town and Johannesburg – most people have heard of those, right? Aren’t even listed!). Is there another plugin that I can use which might be more “3rd world friendly”, a hack that I can use, etc? It really would be a lot easier than looking out the window
Small as they appear, these points (with 4 as the exception) are all that really are keeping me from using this as a dedicated Media Center – so clarification on if I’m doing something wrong would be GREATLY appreciated. Also, if such features don’t yet exist, can we pretend I’m asking for them as feature requests?
Either way, I am seriously impressed with the quality of work with Media Portal thus far, and I truly applaud _all_ the developers who have helped make it what it is today.
That being said, please, any help on my questions above, I’d really appreciate it!
Many thanks,
Paul
First off, and of course: MP is a seriously good package – free or not…
To get to the point though, there are some operations which I feel are so fundamentally important in a PVR system, that I'm surprised they aren't already implemented, or if they are, they’re not quite as intuitive as I believe they should be, and humbly request assistance.
I would basically like to know how, or even if, it's possible to do any of the following:
1. When playing a recording, how to I get to a specific time in the recording, say for example 14:37? When I enter the numbers, I get as far as entering 143, with the numbers at the bar at the top reading 14:3, but when I press 7, the bar just disappears, and the recording doesn't move at all. I've tried numerous things, but nothing I've found seems to do the trick - what am I missing? (PS. I know when one exits a show, and comes back into it, MP asks if I’d like to resume at the last place. This is not enough – most times I’ll keep something, to show o my wife, friends, whatever – and want a way to get there _immediately_).
2. Time-shift recording is always nice to have, but on my LG hard-drive recorder, there's a nice feature: I can record fragments (or chunks) or timeshifted TV quite easily. I can't surmise how to do it at all with MP - though I've found it to be an _incredibly_ useful feature. Am I missing something obvious, or is this not implemented yet?
3. Another thing which I've become totally dependant on: a place holder. When playing DVD’s, sometime they’re referred to as bookmarks? Basically when I’m watching a recorded show, a DVD, or even time-shifted TV, I can press a button to bookmark that scene (bookmark only good whilst watching that show, DVD, or timeshift). Is there a way to bookmark a program to come back to it later on?
4. Finally, and this is really a small thing – the My Weather plugin – it’s never heard of my city (I live in South Africa, and above that, I live in a small coastal town – really outta the way – but Cape Town and Johannesburg – most people have heard of those, right? Aren’t even listed!). Is there another plugin that I can use which might be more “3rd world friendly”, a hack that I can use, etc? It really would be a lot easier than looking out the window
Small as they appear, these points (with 4 as the exception) are all that really are keeping me from using this as a dedicated Media Center – so clarification on if I’m doing something wrong would be GREATLY appreciated. Also, if such features don’t yet exist, can we pretend I’m asking for them as feature requests?
Either way, I am seriously impressed with the quality of work with Media Portal thus far, and I truly applaud _all_ the developers who have helped make it what it is today.
That being said, please, any help on my questions above, I’d really appreciate it!
Many thanks,
Paul