[mythtv] Showing Recording Changes

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 28 October 2005 9:24, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Hal Burch wrote:
> 
> >It would be nice to see how the recording schedule changes when I
> >add/edit/delete a recording schedule.  For example, scheduling 
> >RainMan 
> >to record might yield:
> >
> >Sat 10/29 3... 42 TNT   Rain Man                 -  1
> >Sat 10/29 4... 6 WJAC   Stargate SG-1 - "Avatar" 1  L
> >Mon 10/31 ...  9 WNPA   Stargate SG-1 - "Avatar" E  1
> >
> >showing that Rain Man will now be recorded (not even considered
> >before) and that an episode of Stargate SG-1 will be recorded later
> >than before.
> >
> >As you are likely aware, the interactions can be quite complex, as
> >scheduling a recording can cause later showings to fire, which then
> >conflict with later shows.  There does not appear to currently be a
> >way to see the results.
> >
> >I've been playing around with doing this, but the feature seems
> >obvious (although I could not find it on UserwishList), so I wanted 
> >to 
> >check if there's other current work on it.  I have what appears to be
> >a working implementation.  It needs some clean-up, testing, and to
> >complete the theme edits (currently, have only changed the theme I
> >use).
> >
> >If anyone is currently working on this, or has a working version, 
> >drop 
> >me an e-mail.
> >
> >  
> >
> How does this differ from the "Upcoming Recordings" screen on the 
frontend?

I think what he's asking is for a notification of exactly what changed 
as a result of the change to the schedule, rather than leaving it up to 
the user to try and remember how it looked before the screen updated, 
or worse, if some rescheduled items are off-screen at the time.

-JAC