2009-06-15, 10:38
I am planning to make some changes to the layout of information presented by myth:// so the listings are more readable for some of the other commonly used skins, e.g. Aeon and MediaStream, which have limited space reserved on the right hand side of a listing.
I also plan to restrict the number of Sort By options that are available for each area. Many of the default sort options provided out-of-the-box by XBMC don't mean anything useful for some of the lists.
Below are notes of the proposed changes and screenshots of how the listings will appear using PM3.HD for the areas that will change.
Please provide feedback (good or bad) if you use the MythTV myth:// integration. Your feedback will influence these changes.
All Recordings
Guide
Guide for Channel
Live Channels
Movies
TV Shows
TV Shows Folder
I also plan to restrict the number of Sort By options that are available for each area. Many of the default sort options provided out-of-the-box by XBMC don't mean anything useful for some of the lists.
Below are notes of the proposed changes and screenshots of how the listings will appear using PM3.HD for the areas that will change.
Please provide feedback (good or bad) if you use the MythTV myth:// integration. Your feedback will influence these changes.
All Recordings
- Sort by Date and Name only
- Name shown on the left when sorting by Date
- Date shown on the right when sorting by Date
- Name + (Date) shown on the left when sorting by Name
- Time shown on the right when sorting by Name
- Name + (Recording) shown if currently recording (in either sorting mode)
- Does anyone use sort by Size? Why do you use it? To try and find a short running show? Something else?
Guide
- Sort by Name only
Guide for Channel
- Sort by Date only (only ascending makes sense)
- Time in 24 hour format on left so following program names line up
- Date on the right hand side
Live Channels
- Sort by Name only
- Channel number followed by the program name
- Channel name on the right hand side
- Does anyone use sort by "TV shows"?
Movies
- Sort by Name and Date only
- Movie name doesn't change. Nothing shown on the right hand side.
TV Shows
- Sort by Name only
TV Shows Folder
- Same behaviour as for All Recordings