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

[Adrian Townsend]

I see it as a benefit also where say I have a personal
website X and when you browse to X.com you'd see my
page and see some shows I like . . . be able to
schedule watchings or recordings. . . .the database is
hard to do . . . . I see your point with that. . but
perhaps having a serchable database of TV shows in
general and a description of them? 

I mean this is WAY down the road . . .but have a
database that you can just search through for "star
trek" or "simpsons" or "documentaries about volcanoes"

not a common viewing thing, just a general database .
. so this isn't a feature I would reccomend for . .. 
.a long time.

adrian
--- Ben Brown <mythtv at handcoder.com> wrote:
> The real benefit that I see would be aggregation of
> the data and 
> recommendations based on your tastes in show. You
> would need some type 
> of unique identifier for each person who submitted
> data so the system 
> would not have duplicate copies of an individuals
> data. Of course this 
> could be a randomly generated ID that would get
> entered in the settings 
> submission program.
> 
> The user stuff would just be a way for the system to
> recommend shows to 
> record based on what shows your already recording.
> If you went with the 
> random generated Identifier, you could use that to
> keep track of who was 
> who. Problem with randomly generated id's is that
> users tend to forget 
> what their ID.
> 
> It would be possible to create a search based
> recommendation. You go to 
> a site and say "I Iike XYZ" and it would respond
> with " You should try 
> ABC, DEF, etc" This could be a completely anonymous
> action, but would 
> only work if you had some people willing to give up
> the anonymity to 
> populate the database.
> 
> Ben
> 
> Adrian Townsend wrote:
> 
> >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 
> 
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