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[Peter <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM, David McLeod wrote:
>
> Just for my 2 cents worth after seeing this type of discussion
> on a lot of media related projects.... [snip] ... volume ... [snip]
>... seeking ... [snip] ... Is all of the above available with a
> remote? I'm not sure. ... [snip]
> David

Hi David,

I share many of those views, and have tried some of this in
Moovida with mixed success. See the forum thread
referenced at the start of this email discussion for more:
http://www.moovida.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1696

I do however completely disagree that a single press of
left/right should jump to the start of the current/next episode
or track. This is really annoying if done by accident in the
middle of a TV show or a long music track. This happens to
me sometimes with my DVD remote (all the buttons are the
same shape) when I hit a chapter skip button by mistake.

I have some ideas for chapter navigation too which are related
to this, but perhaps best for another thread. Essentially I'd
use a menu where you pick from automatically generated
thumbnails. Actually writing the code is beyond me though :(

For now however, it looks like we have a consensus that making
single presses of left/right seek back/forward by 20s is a good
improvement over the current rather limited functionality (which
jumps 60s).

Peter