| Issue 100: | Feature Request: Filter iTiVo's Now Playing | |
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How hard would it be to add a filter to iTiVo's Now Playing list? With a filter applied, I could limit the Now Playing to just episodes of one show. The resulting filtered list could then be sorted by episode name or date. With luck, when I added such a filtered list to the download queue, they'd be in the sort order so as to ensure, for example, that I downloaded the oldest episodes first, so I can watch them in order.
May 7, 2009
The new beta has a filter.. Try it (from the downloads tab) and tell me if that works for you.
Status:
Fixed
May 8, 2009
Apparently, the filter can only be applied after a connection and after Now Playing is populated. Since I already knew what filter I wanted, I entered this first, then initiated a connection. The resulting Now Playing list did not have the filter applied. No Big Deal.. I just applied it afterwards. And then had to wait through another connection. Why? Is the just-fetched Now Playing list not cached somewhere? I sorted the episodes by date/time then, intending to click / shift-click to select a portion of them, I clicked on the oldest one. "Connecting..." appeared yet again. And I'm still waiting for my initial selection to highlight... While waiting for my selection to be highlighted, I moved the iTiVo window to the side and the window content mostly disappeared. The Now Playing list is empty, the filter box and several other window features are gone as well. And it's still "Connecting..." It would appear that, while the filter does limit the Now Playing list, nothing in that list can be selected. I repeated this twice, quitting and restarting iTiVo between attempt. Then, on my third attempt, everything worked as it should.
May 8, 2009
Interesting.. the now playing list does get cached for 5 minutes per tivo, (it will still print 'connecting...' but should get the list a lot more quickly if you connected within the last five minutes). The caching happens in <user>/Library/Cache/iTiVo... so something may have corrupted that file? Typing a filter in causes a new connection (should fetch cached info). However, every 15 minutes iTiVo also attempts an automatic connection to update the list (and fetch subscriptions). It's possible you had an interesting timinig issue or such.. Since iTiVo is a single-threaded applescript program (yuck) there is no updating in the window while it's connecting to the tivo. So it's not surprising to have bits disappear and not be redrawn if you move the window or shrink it or whatnot..
May 8, 2009
Is there any way to disable the every-15-minute updates? When all I'm doing is downloading queued up recordings, there's no need to update the now playing list, and if I needed it updated, I can always click the Update button myself.
May 8, 2009
Not at the moment. It might become an option in the future... |
Labels: -Type-Defect Type-Enhancement