[mythtv] Re: [App] Desktop EPG

Tarek Lubani tarek at tarek.2y.net
Sun May 25 04:18:50 EDT 2003


Moved to the dev list because it is likely more relevant there:


Not sure about "faster and more conveniently", but I just tried and was
successfully able to execute the command "mythepg" from commandline. I
am unsure at the moment what this particular program does differently,
short of the slightly more extensive display and the manualization of
the conflict resolution..

Point? While this is a good alternate tool, I don't think mythepg's
weaknesses warranted such an expenditure of effort on a *new* tool when
the energy could have been put into improving the old tool (mythepg)..

tarek : )

On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 21:42, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> I wanted to have the program guide as a desktop GUI application, to 
> access the EPG faster and more conviently. So, I wrote one.
> 
> It currently uses a listing grid, not a time-line grid as the built-in 
> MythTV and MythWeb EPGs do. It was much faster to implement, but maybe 
> it's also faster to use, I'll have to see.
> 
> A (for me) important feature is the listing of other airings of the same 
> programme, so that I can make a quick choice what to record when I see 
> there are conflicts: 2 interesting movies at 20:15 on different 
> channels, but one of them is repeated at 2:00, so I record the one movie 
> at 20:15 and the other at 2:00. (hm, I just realize, it might be a nifty 
> feature to also suggest alternate airings in the conflicts resolution 
> dialog.)
> 
> It also lists credits.
> 
> <http://www.bucksch.org/1/projects/various/mythtv/epg-kylix>
> 
> Ben
> 
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