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Things I noticed with MP2.2 almost within minutes after upgrading it over the 2.13 version
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<blockquote data-quote="JAAHAS" data-source="post: 1250425" data-attributes="member: 152078"><p>No, as one of the client computers also acts as a server for others it was the first one to get updated</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now that I tested it again I think what caused me to see it first as a lag might be that the sideways scrolling seems to jump from one rectangle to the next taking the same regardless of the width of the rectangles, which makes the timeline not move smoothly. But one thing is certain, the single channel vertical EPG view scrolls faster and with steady rate. The program names are also clearly visible unlike in the timeline view:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]199158[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The screenshot I at least tried to post above should clearly shows what makes me once again feel like I am the one being teleported to a Bizarro world. The timeline view for me is just barely tolerable for checking what is currently being shown or just about to start, for scheduling one weeks recordings I would rather consult a printed TV-guide and then use the EPG search view in MP2 to find and schedule them if the vertical view stays limited to 24 hours.</p><p></p><p>I also used Terratec Home Cinema for DVB recording for years and its scheduling went like this ():</p><p>1. Open the EPG and switch to a single channel view if it isn't already in that mode</p><p>2. Scroll through the week marking the programs you want to record (it was also possible to skip backwards/forwards one day at the time with the left/right keys)</p><p>3. Switch the next channel with F6 and F7 keys</p><p>4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the rest of the channels and close the EPG</p><p></p><p>Before that I had some Topfield PVR model that worked similarly, so I am really amazed how my scheduling habits can seem so peculiar when for me it has been the standard ever since I stopped recording TV with a VCR.</p><p></p><p>I guess I need to check if one of my faulty dual receiver USB-sticks still has one of the receivers working so that I can set up a test server for the pre-releases.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I meant to have the date like this: <a href="https://xkcd.com/1179" target="_blank">xkcd: ISO 8601</a></p><p></p><p>Could it be that the TV-related views may be overriding the MP2's time and date settings with whatever language the OS is using? Well it could be worse, the date and time format could have been determined by the keyboard layout.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interesting, I never got the subtitles to work with MP2.13 on my own server and on my parents server while the MP2.2 seems to have been a step in the right direction.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the problem is that the user needs to move the mouse over the program to have the focus locked on to it, otherwise the focus is somewhere else and one ends up hitting the arrow keys until the focus finds its way to the vertical list.</p><p></p><p>A better option might be to hide the mouse cursor when the user uses the arrow keys to select something and if they open a new view with the Enter key the cursor would stay dormant until they move it again and then it might as well appear in middle of what ever was selected with the arrow keys or selected by the client automatically when a new view was opened.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I now have one computer running the MP2.13 client again for scheduling purposes as the EPG API seems to work between it and the MP2.2 server.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>MP1 didn't do that, so could we have an option in the settings for how the user wants to handle this and then add five controls to the single channel vertical EPG view: Left/Right for skipping to the next/previous morning (or 24 hours ahead/backwards) , Home for returning to the current day and Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown for cycling the channels?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JAAHAS, post: 1250425, member: 152078"] No, as one of the client computers also acts as a server for others it was the first one to get updated Now that I tested it again I think what caused me to see it first as a lag might be that the sideways scrolling seems to jump from one rectangle to the next taking the same regardless of the width of the rectangles, which makes the timeline not move smoothly. But one thing is certain, the single channel vertical EPG view scrolls faster and with steady rate. The program names are also clearly visible unlike in the timeline view: [ATTACH=full]199158[/ATTACH] The screenshot I at least tried to post above should clearly shows what makes me once again feel like I am the one being teleported to a Bizarro world. The timeline view for me is just barely tolerable for checking what is currently being shown or just about to start, for scheduling one weeks recordings I would rather consult a printed TV-guide and then use the EPG search view in MP2 to find and schedule them if the vertical view stays limited to 24 hours. I also used Terratec Home Cinema for DVB recording for years and its scheduling went like this (): 1. Open the EPG and switch to a single channel view if it isn't already in that mode 2. Scroll through the week marking the programs you want to record (it was also possible to skip backwards/forwards one day at the time with the left/right keys) 3. Switch the next channel with F6 and F7 keys 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the rest of the channels and close the EPG Before that I had some Topfield PVR model that worked similarly, so I am really amazed how my scheduling habits can seem so peculiar when for me it has been the standard ever since I stopped recording TV with a VCR. I guess I need to check if one of my faulty dual receiver USB-sticks still has one of the receivers working so that I can set up a test server for the pre-releases. I meant to have the date like this: [URL='https://xkcd.com/1179']xkcd: ISO 8601[/URL] Could it be that the TV-related views may be overriding the MP2's time and date settings with whatever language the OS is using? Well it could be worse, the date and time format could have been determined by the keyboard layout. Interesting, I never got the subtitles to work with MP2.13 on my own server and on my parents server while the MP2.2 seems to have been a step in the right direction. I think the problem is that the user needs to move the mouse over the program to have the focus locked on to it, otherwise the focus is somewhere else and one ends up hitting the arrow keys until the focus finds its way to the vertical list. A better option might be to hide the mouse cursor when the user uses the arrow keys to select something and if they open a new view with the Enter key the cursor would stay dormant until they move it again and then it might as well appear in middle of what ever was selected with the arrow keys or selected by the client automatically when a new view was opened. I now have one computer running the MP2.13 client again for scheduling purposes as the EPG API seems to work between it and the MP2.2 server. MP1 didn't do that, so could we have an option in the settings for how the user wants to handle this and then add five controls to the single channel vertical EPG view: Left/Right for skipping to the next/previous morning (or 24 hours ahead/backwards) , Home for returning to the current day and Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown for cycling the channels? [/QUOTE]
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