[mythtv] Search and schedule future program

[Panix]

Right. I was thinking along the lines of how the Scout function worked on my
old DirectTV system.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Bucksch" <linux.news at bucksch.org>
To: "Development of mythtv" <mythtv-dev at snowman.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Search and schedule future program


> Panix wrote:
>
> >Say for example I search for "The Dukes of Hazzard". It doesnt show up in
any current listings.  It would be nice to have the option of saving this
> >search and automaticaly schedule any recordings in the future that may
match that search.
> >
> Yes, I'd see that as part of a favorites module. You could tell it your
> preferences, e.g. titles of movies or series/shows, actors, directors,
> genres, types (series, movies, tvshows) etc., and tell it to either
> automatically record matching programmes or to list them (under a
> special menu option) for manual choice.
>
> If you want to get fancy, you could write a function to automatically
> figure out the user's preferences based on previously recorded shows.
> E.g. when a certain actor shows up often etc.. I think TiVO even gives
> the option to rate a show you saw, and then applies some magic
> algorithms to figure out which shows to record in the future. (Another
> advantage over commercial solutions - I wouldn't want to trust a company
> with that info, or which shows I saw for that matter.)
>
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