[mythtv-users] Collaborative recommended viewing revisited...

[Tim Litwiller]

Mike Benoit wrote:

>I'm becoming more and more interested in getting a collaborative
>"Recommended Viewing" feature added to MythTV. 
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>I tried a module that uses Bayesian filters to try and recommend new
>shows quite some time ago, but I found it didn't work very well.
>Personally, I think there is no substitute for other humans making the
>recommendation themselves.
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I think your idea in combination with baysian classification might work.
or combined with a ratings module so the user could rate the show they 
just watched.

It might work like this for example

I watch a show when I quit or the show ends I get a screen that asks me 
to press 1 - 9 to rate the show so I press a number the next screen asks 
me to press 1 to submit my rating or 0 to go back to the recordings menu 
or if quiting before the show ended the menu that asks if you want to 
bookmark etc. - and also times out in several seconds and goes back to 
the recoding menu without submitting.

this should be able to be setup to send automatically or to ask each 
time and then either que the ratings to send in a batch at the same time 
as mythfilldatabase it run or sent right away.

this info combined with the schedule list would seem to me to make much 
more usefull suggestions than just what is scheduled.