[transportx] Additional 'transport' functions

xyz321

Well-Known Member
This package provides some additional functionality to the 'transport' controls.
A reboot will be required after installation.

When this package is installed the following changes are made to the transport controls:

The first press of the pause button will pause as before but subsequent presses will each advance by one frame. Use the play button to resume normal playback.​
After the slow (trick mode) button is pressed, slow mode is activated, the Rewind and FFwd buttons will then slow it down or speed it up respectively. To change direction first pause and then select a direction using Rewind/FFwd (it will then start moving at the slowest speed). Repeated presses of these buttons will speed up/slow down still further. Press Play to resume normal operation.​
Slow button: x1/2 fwd​
Rew button: x1/4 fwd​
Rew button: x1/8 fwd​
Rew button: x1/16 fwd​
[Further presses of the rewind button will not change the speed or direction]​
Pause button: pause​
Rew button: x1/16 rew​
Rew button: x1/4 rew​
Rew button: x1 rew​
If the FFwd button is pressed instead then the above sequence is reversed.​

Known bugs:

When playing a remote recording via a dlna network connecton, a frame advance occurs only on alternate presses of the pause button.​
The onscreen display of speed/direction will be incorrect when using the slow modes - this is very unlikely to be fixable.​
Slow reverse tends to skip frames when viewing HiDef content and some low bandwidth StdDef content. This may be due to hardware limitations.​
 
Congratulations to xyz123 for top code wrangling.

The beta thread being closed to updates, the link in my post there about SDKs has rotted away but the linked description of the Opera Devices SDK was archived and is still accessible here.
 
The wiki entry for this package needs updating since it is written around a previous beta version of the package. In particular it doesn't make reference to the use of the pause button which is key to changing direction in slow mode.
Please could someone update it in line with the OP.
 
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