Missing recording indicator

[thomsi]

The manual recording button does not turn from red to grey any more, once programmed recording starts automatically. It still does for manual recording. I find it an essential usability issue that any active recording is visually indicated. Else, recording appears to work fine.

 

I've downloaded DVBViewer version 3.2.6.80 on dec. 27, 2005. I haven't used any version 3 before,- can only tell that the behavior was OK in my old version 2.2. Don't ask me why I didn't step up earlier... but thanks for the vast amount of really great improvements, anyhow!

 

Thomsi

[boehler]

For me it is also very annoying that there is no visible indication for an active recording. In addition, instead of turning from red to grey I propose to make the recording indicator more remarkable: let it blink or change the colour to green or so...

 

Regards, Boehler.

[Guest Lars_MQ]

Moved,

cause a bug is something wrong in code, not something you think it should handled in a other way.

[boehler]

For me it is also very annoying that there is no visible indication for an active recording.

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I just found that the version 3.2.6.80 shows a cearly visible "rec" indicator on the top right corner of the visible image.

[thomsi]

For me it is also very annoying that there is no visible indication for an active recording.

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I just found that the version 3.2.6.80 shows a cearly visible "rec" indicator on the top right corner of the visible image.

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This is correct, but unless I'm missing something here, the "rec" indicator only pops up for a couple of seconds. I would not consider this particularly useful for programmed recording, in case you are away from your screen when recording starts.

 

In reply to Lars, it is arguably whether this is a bug or not. Working for a large IT company, we consider it a bug when a previously existing usability feature got disabled, unless you have a smart explanation why it got removed, or in case there is a reasonable replacement. From a user's point of view, there is now an inconsistency between manually started recording (which is indicated) and pre-programmmed recording (which is not indicated). Nevertheless, I do accept whatever disposition you'd like to take on this issue.

 

In reply to Boehler, I'm fine with whatever solution can be implemented. I was just describing how it worked in 2.2, and would like to point out the issue of consistency with manually started recording.

 

Anyhow, thanks a lot for all your quick and thoughtful replies!

Thomsi