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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 751128" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>Hi again</p><p></p><p>The explanation helped. I guess I understand where you're coming from because the PC that I have MP on is used for everything too - development, TV, email, internet etc. I mostly use windowed mode. MP sits in the top left quarter of my screen (24") playing while I do other stuff with the other 3/4 of the screen. If something comes on that I really want to watch then I'll switch to full screen mode with alt+enter and leave the important work until later <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />P). I don't use notifications as I don't really mind if I watch live or delayed (maybe that is where we are different). There are a few significant problems with this way of using MP:</p><p></p><p>1. MP doesn't remember its position. Start it up in windowed mode, put it in the position that you want it to be in so you can work around it... fine... until the next time you open MP again and it opens in the original place again. Same thing with the configuration tools - they *always* open in the middle of the screen. That behaviour ***really*** annoys me. So much so that I've hacked the code to make MP always position itself in the top left corner, and allowed it to squash itself a little more than is usually allowed. I'd fix this properly if I knew how, but I'm a TV Server guy. I don't know the first thing about this stuff...</p><p></p><p>2. Timeshift buffer thrown away when changing between full screen and windowed modes. This is also a pretty major annoyance for me. If I *really* have to get that "important" work done (<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) while a favourite show is on then I change back to windowed mode during live shows to get stuff done during the ads (4 minutes of ads anyone!?!). The problem is that in order to really concentrate I sometimes have to pause TV for a while so I can think. That's okay if you're staying with windowed mode or only pausing for a few minutes (you quickly catch up to the live point by skipping ads), but I often get into situations where I've paused for 30 minutes or more while I quickly answer that email... and 5 minutes turns into 20... and then the phone rings. I then have to catch up 15 minutes of ads before I can go to full screen again, and by the time I've caught up the programme I wanted to watch is probably over anyway. Or maybe my favourite show is on and I had to watch the timeshifted part in windowed mode (I usually only record movies or really important programmes).</p><p></p><p>Those are my biggest annoyances. There are also occasions where I've wanted to record from the position that I'm watching (ie. a part of the timeshift buffer). I think there was experimental support for it at some point (???). It doesn't happen often enough to annoy me too much though.</p><p></p><p>So why do I actually use MP? I guess a significant reason is the chunk of learning that I've done to get to the point where I'm really comfortable with how to get the best out of it for me. When it comes down to it though, aside from a few niggles it really suits me well. Other software that I've tried has had advantages (for example the ability to freely change the size of the window) but they tend to be very weak in other areas (recording, video library navigation, ease of use etc.). I *hate* WMC with a passion - tried it once and just got so frustrated that I wanted to throw the computer out the window. In particular the channel management was awful. Renaming, reordering, grouping, managing multiple sources of the same channel (I have DVB-T, DVB-S and analog)... just awful compared to TV Server configuration. Scanning also didn't give me as much control as I wanted. The tuner reseller/manufacturer software that I've tried has always had problems. Instabilities, codec configuration limitations, only support their tuners (I have tuners from 4 different vendors, 11 tuners in total... so that definitely doesn't go down well with me!). DVBViewer has been solid for TV, but it isn't the all-in-one "pretty" solution that I'm looking for. Likewise Winamp is great for audio, but TV is marginal. VLC is fantastic for playback - it handles almost anything - but I don't like having no concept of a channel list or having to use a dialog to open random files that I haven't put in a playlist.</p><p></p><p>Okay I think I'm rambling now so I'll stop. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 751128, member: 82144"] Hi again The explanation helped. I guess I understand where you're coming from because the PC that I have MP on is used for everything too - development, TV, email, internet etc. I mostly use windowed mode. MP sits in the top left quarter of my screen (24") playing while I do other stuff with the other 3/4 of the screen. If something comes on that I really want to watch then I'll switch to full screen mode with alt+enter and leave the important work until later (:P). I don't use notifications as I don't really mind if I watch live or delayed (maybe that is where we are different). There are a few significant problems with this way of using MP: 1. MP doesn't remember its position. Start it up in windowed mode, put it in the position that you want it to be in so you can work around it... fine... until the next time you open MP again and it opens in the original place again. Same thing with the configuration tools - they *always* open in the middle of the screen. That behaviour ***really*** annoys me. So much so that I've hacked the code to make MP always position itself in the top left corner, and allowed it to squash itself a little more than is usually allowed. I'd fix this properly if I knew how, but I'm a TV Server guy. I don't know the first thing about this stuff... 2. Timeshift buffer thrown away when changing between full screen and windowed modes. This is also a pretty major annoyance for me. If I *really* have to get that "important" work done (;)) while a favourite show is on then I change back to windowed mode during live shows to get stuff done during the ads (4 minutes of ads anyone!?!). The problem is that in order to really concentrate I sometimes have to pause TV for a while so I can think. That's okay if you're staying with windowed mode or only pausing for a few minutes (you quickly catch up to the live point by skipping ads), but I often get into situations where I've paused for 30 minutes or more while I quickly answer that email... and 5 minutes turns into 20... and then the phone rings. I then have to catch up 15 minutes of ads before I can go to full screen again, and by the time I've caught up the programme I wanted to watch is probably over anyway. Or maybe my favourite show is on and I had to watch the timeshifted part in windowed mode (I usually only record movies or really important programmes). Those are my biggest annoyances. There are also occasions where I've wanted to record from the position that I'm watching (ie. a part of the timeshift buffer). I think there was experimental support for it at some point (???). It doesn't happen often enough to annoy me too much though. So why do I actually use MP? I guess a significant reason is the chunk of learning that I've done to get to the point where I'm really comfortable with how to get the best out of it for me. When it comes down to it though, aside from a few niggles it really suits me well. Other software that I've tried has had advantages (for example the ability to freely change the size of the window) but they tend to be very weak in other areas (recording, video library navigation, ease of use etc.). I *hate* WMC with a passion - tried it once and just got so frustrated that I wanted to throw the computer out the window. In particular the channel management was awful. Renaming, reordering, grouping, managing multiple sources of the same channel (I have DVB-T, DVB-S and analog)... just awful compared to TV Server configuration. Scanning also didn't give me as much control as I wanted. The tuner reseller/manufacturer software that I've tried has always had problems. Instabilities, codec configuration limitations, only support their tuners (I have tuners from 4 different vendors, 11 tuners in total... so that definitely doesn't go down well with me!). DVBViewer has been solid for TV, but it isn't the all-in-one "pretty" solution that I'm looking for. Likewise Winamp is great for audio, but TV is marginal. VLC is fantastic for playback - it handles almost anything - but I don't like having no concept of a channel list or having to use a dialog to open random files that I haven't put in a playlist. Okay I think I'm rambling now so I'll stop. :D [/QUOTE]
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