[mythtv] Re: Showing Recording Changes

[Hal Burch]

Re: Kevin's question (sorry, digest reader)

Dave and JAC are essentially correct.  To avoid the slow-down that
real-time display would cause and to make it useful during making the
schedule change decisions, imagine a selection in the Schedule
Recording interface that says "See changes to recording schedule".  It
pulls up a list of all programs whose state will change if I save the
current settings (per the interface described below).  Done on demand,
so no slow down concern (although it might take some time to see the
results), but you can still see it before it's done and no need to
change the current "upcoming recording" interface (remember state,
added complexity there, etc.).

That idea is to be able to tell if, say, your changes are going to
cause three episodes of your kid's favorite show to be not recorded
before it actually happens (and without checking "upcoming recordings"
after each save and having to remember the old state).

 - Hal

On 10/28/05, Hal Burch <hburch at gmail.com> 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.
>
>  - Hal
>