Feature Request Poll

Channels DVR Server Feature Requests
#41

I would add this if it wouldn't reset the voting, but I personally believe that more channels actually hinders the effectiveness of swiping to change channels. IMO a guide overlay would be more beneficial (as of today you can use the mini guide to check what is on as well).

The original thread also only has 4 votes, which would put it at the bottom of the current poll. That being said, the main reason I created this poll was because I felt the default voting mechanism is underutilized, so there very well could be more people who would vote... which goes back to the issue of poll additions resetting the votes :pensive:

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#42

My last comment on this, promise: Polls were clearly not meant to be used this way, but the Feature Requests forum is meant to be used exactly how you wish. Why not encourage people to properly create individual posts in the Feature Requests forum, and more importantly, encourage people to vote on those posts.

#43

As this method appears to working, whereas voting proved to be ineffective...I appreciate the opportunity offered.

Of course, on principle you might be correct, but who would be the ā€œencouragerā€? No one so far...:grinning:

#44

Chromecast integration...IIRC, Channels did have working at one time.

Perhaps it is simply a regression, that @tmm1 could fix easily?

#45

AFAIK chromecast only works when watching recordings, even then it seems to only be an option in the web ui.

#46

Using Safari for web browser...Chromecast not showing at all. Iā€™ll try on Chrome browser. Thanks.

#47

While this my not be the intended use for polling, it certainly seems to be working, and I wouldn't have created it if I thought the current method of voting on threads was being used by a majority of the people on this forum (which skews the data).

For example, you previously mentioned the thread for adding a "now" button to the guide with 13 votes, in just a few days that feature already has more votes on this poll than a thread started in Nov of last year.

Is this a better way of determining the most requested features? Maybe, it sure seems to be driving user responses in a short amount of time. Could I have "encouraged" proper voting and achieved the same results? I personally doubt it.

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#48

Tried on Chrome (iPad) still no joy. Tomorrow Iā€™ll try on Win10/Android/Mac.

#49

Sorry if this is already a thing, but is it possible to lock recorded programs with a pin code? I wouldnā€™t want different user/child accounts, but the ability to edit recorded DVR program data (name, lock with pin etc) would be handy. Obviously not to be added now the poll has been locked down but just curious.

#50

There is a "keep forever" option in the web ui, I haven't used this myself so I'm not sure in what situations it stops deletions (may only be the auto delete function).

#51

Keep Forever will exclude the recording from auto deletion.

The option is coming soon for the clients.

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#52

Sorry I should have been a bit clearer, I meant to stop the kids from watching stuff thatā€™s not age appropriate rather than preventing it from being deleted.

#53

Thank you everyone for taking the time to vote, even after the votes resetting we now have nearly 100 voters and over 300 votes cast in less than a week.

For anyone who hasn't done so, please cast your votes, and if anyone would like to change their votes you can easily do so by clicking "hide results".

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#54

I would vote, but not sure, because..
Is this an official (dev approved) poll?
Where is my most wanted feature (not in the checklist)?
Isn't this duplicating Feature Requests?
If I vote now will it skew results as I'm not really voting for what I want, only a forced selection.

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#55
  • Not official, whether the devs approve of it or not I'm not sure... @tmm1 @maddox?
  • I added many of the top existing request and allowed a few days for user submissions, unfortunately I cannot add any more options without resetting the voting. You are welcome to comment your request and to make a new thread if one does not exist.
  • Yes, most of the top request are included (duplicated) in the poll, the goal being to generate user responses which the current threads were lacking (indicated by this poll receiving more votes on average than their individual threads)
  • IMO voting now doesn't skew the results, you can vote on multiple items. It would actually skew the results more for me to add an item after nearly 100 people have voted (unless they all went back and recast their votes).
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#56

Sorry to ask, but it would save me time from checking your all your great posts (lots. :grinning:, but very helpful to community inc. me) just to satisfy my curiosity.

What IS your most wanted feature?

TIA

#57

I like the idea of one place to go for feature requests, and the option to vote.

One request for the future would be to allow the guide to loop back to the beginning when you reach the end of the scroll.

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#58

Having an option to specify a number of rows to display in the guide (having the row sizes & font used adjust accordingly) would be ideal here.

Personally, I would opt for more rows of a smaller size, but I can see how this is definitely an issue where "one size does not fit all".

#59
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#60

Just sorry, canā€™t ā€œVoteā€ again...mine was the original +Vote :grinning: