mipops / dvrescue

Archivist-made software that supports data migration from DV tapes into digital files suitable for long-term preservation. Snapshot daily builds are at https://mediaarea.net/download/snapshots/binary/dvrescue/.
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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dvcapture: change "no signal" message #877

Open libbyhopfauf opened 1 week ago

libbyhopfauf commented 1 week ago

Once a device is detected, the playback window currently says "no signal" which is confusing for some users. I propose we change that message to one of these options (depending on how much detail/instruction we want to provide):

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One additional idea: If it's possible to detect if a tape is inserted or not, we could have the message say "Device Connected. Please insert a tape." if no tape is currently in the device. And then it could switch to one of the messages above.

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dericed commented 1 week ago

@g-maxime, I think this was feasible in sony9pin, but with the dv control protocol, can we sense if the deck is in local/remote mode? and if there is a tape loaded?