Talking MythTV Keyboard Guide

Use these keys in Talking MythTV:

• Arrow keys move the highlight point around
• Esc to exit out of menus and out of the application
• Enter to take action on the item under the highlight point (except in program guide)
• R in "Program Guide" to schedule a program for recording
• P or Enter to play in "Watch a Recording"
• D to delete in "Watch a Recording" or "Upcoming Recordings"
• F11 to hear program name and F12 to hear episode details for the currently selected show on the "Watch a Recording" and "Upcoming Recordings" screens, while watching live or recorded shows, and in the Program Guide
• F9 to interrupt speech output at any time

While watching TV or a recording:

• P to pause or play
• Esc to exit player
• T toggles captions
• U to increase the play speed (muted)
• J to decrease the play speed (muted)
• A to adjust time stretch (speed up or slow down play speed with audio). Use the arrow keys to make adjustment
• S to display the Program Guide
• Left arrow to skip back
• Right arrow skip ahead
  NOTE: During playback of a recording you can enter a number of minutes to jump before using the Skip key. Otherwise, the configured defaults will be used. Seconds can be entered by entering four digits in the MMss format.
• Page Up to jump back the configured number of minutes (default is 10)
• Page Down to jump ahead the configured number of minutes (default is 10)
• Z or End to skip to next commercial break marker
• Q or Home to skip back to previous commercial break marker
• Ctrl+B to jump to the beginning of the recording

Project Staff

Madeleine Rothberg
Project Director
617 300-2492 voice

Project Funding

Funding was provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education under grant award #H133G040143. Formally funded project duration: October 2004 - September 2008.