[mythtv-users] Feature suggestion: Set record from URL

[Adrian Townsend]

the accounts can come later but I like the links idea

What about having a separate small program that could
be installed on machines OTHER than the mythbox

so if say I'm browsing a website with my workstation
it can send the info to my backend when I click a link
of a show I want to watch?

I say thumbs up . .

A0
--- Ben Brown <mythtv at handcoder.com> wrote:
> I like this idea.  People could turn on the feature
> and once a day  myth 
> would submit what they are recording to a global
> database.  Then we 
> could sort in all the standard ways (most popular,
> least popular,  most 
> popular by genre,  location etc. )
> 
> Even set it up so  users could  have a user account.
>  You could track an 
> individuals recording preferences and make
> suggestions based on  their 
> myth setup.  Then you could say "people  who
> recorded XYZ also recorded 
> ABC, DEF, GHI, etc."
> 
> Ben
> 
> Tony Maro wrote:
> 
> > The thread on "What do you watch" got me to
> thinking...
> >
> > What about integrating a feature through the myth
> web browser that you 
> > can select a link on a site to trigger a recording
> setup.  It would 
> > automatically set a show to record at any time on
> any channel.
> >
> > With a feature like this, users of Myth could
> publish pages of what 
> > hot shows they watch and you could just click the
> link to set a 
> > "record on any channel at any time" for that show
> name.
> >
> > We've seen people ask for some of the Tivo like
> force-feed options 
> > (why?) and this would kind of solve that need as
> well.  For instance, 
> > you go to my site and I could have a page that
> says "if you like 
> > Stargate SG-1, try the following shows:" and then
> list similar sci-fi 
> > content as a custom URL link.
> >
> > Of course this means a URL handler would need to
> be registered. 
> > Something like:
> >
> >
>
mythtv://Stargate%20SG-1/once/Window&20Of&20Opportunity
> >
> > would set it to record the Stargate SG-1 "Window
> Of Opportunity" 
> > episode next time it's on.
> >
> > mythtv://Stargate%20SG-1/all
> >
> > would of course record all episodes on any channel
> from here on out.
> >
> > To take it a step further, I could list a website
> of all stargate 
> > episodes with MythTV links so if there was a
> specific episode you 
> > hadn't seen, you could just click the link and
> your MythTV would 
> > record THAT episode next time it's on (even if 3
> months later.)  (I 
> > still haven't seen the one where Daniel
> dies/transcends.)
> >
> > Of course all URL recordings must be able to
> record on any channel, 
> > because everyone's channels will be different.
> >
> > Just a thought...
> >
> > This could even be implemented with a separate app
> that handled the 
> > URL and fed the data into mySQL.  That way it
> could even be run on the 
> > desktop PC and feed the programming across the
> network to the backend 
> > or mySQL server.  Heck you could even write it in
> PHP pretty easily 
> > I'd think.
> >
> > -Tony
> >
>
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