[mythtv-users] Incorporating imdb results into a myth search?

[James Orr]

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 09:49 -0400, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:

> 
> I wanted to record all shows starring a particular 
> actress.  I searched imdb.com for the actress' 
> name and got a listing for 20 movies and 31 TV 
> shows.  I thought it would be cool to incorportate 
> something like this into TVWish or even MYthTV itself.
> Although I'm not quite sure how it could be 
> accomplished.


This is already in MythTV.

Go to Manage Recordings->Schedule Recordings->Search Words->People

Type in somebody's name and hit OK.  It will show you all the upcoming
shows they are in.  In most cases it will even list guest starring
roles.  Use a % as a wildcard, for example my wife is an Anthony Stewart
Head fan, sometimes he is credited with the middle name and sometimes he
isn't so I use Anthony%Head and that covers all possibilities.

Once you have the search as you want it, go back to the People list,
select the one you want and click "Record".  Set it to "any time, any
channel" and it will automatically record everything with that person in
it.

IMDB is never used, this information is all in the listings.

-- 
James Orr <james at orrwhat.net>
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