[mythtv-users] Feature suggestion: Set record from URL
Aaron Stewart
acs at hourglassone.com
Tue Mar 2 18:53:44 EST 2004
There's a service that I note is mentioned on Hauppauge's website called
TitanTV.. They offer free listings for non-commercial use, as well as
some kind of recommendations and search engine.. It requires
registration (free), and I have yet to delve into it deeper.
The downside is that they currently only offer US listings.
Anybody tried it yet?
Cheers..
Aaron
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 15:40, Adrian Townsend wrote:
> 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
> >
> === message truncated ===>
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