[mythtv-users] Idea for a new plugin

[Joseph A. Caputo]

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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of dmezzetti
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 5:39 AM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Idea for a new plugin
>
>
> Yesterday evening my wife and I had a hard time to choose a movie to
> watch and I thought that it would be funny to have a plugin for Mythtv
> which could do this job. Something like a movie channel (mythchannel
> would be a nice name). The plugin could , for example, each morning at 4
> a.m. randomly put together a programm-guide for the day. Don't know if
> this idea is old, but I'm interested if you have similar problems
> choosing a movie to look at.
> Maybe it is then possible that mythtv(mythchannel) could also mix in
> some recordings. For example if you always record the newest news-show
> from your favorite news-channel then mythchannel can show the news
> between 2 movies.
> Another extension to it could be that if you maybe have a folder with a
> lot of simpsons-episodes then you can define that mythchannel should
> show each day at 5 p.m. one of the simpsons-episodes.
> Is this all a stupid Idea ?

It's not 'stupid' if it would be useful to you.  Whether it would be of
interest to anyone else is another story.  For me it wouldn't, but I don't
speak for everyone.  And since you don't sound like you're offering to code
it, you'd have to find a developer as interested in the idea as you are.

-JAC