[mythtv-users] Job priority within Myth's job queue

[R. G. Newbury]

Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 4/11/06, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
> 
>>* On Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 02:23:54PM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>
>>>>I don't think I would be opposed to a patch giving jobs a priority as long as it also
>>>>got rid of the "run commflag before transcoding" option we currently have, but I'd
>>>>probably want to discuss this first before someone submitted one.  There may be other
>>>>ways to intelligently order the queue.
>> Instead you'd have those same combo boxes, we could have something similar to this:
>>
>>        * Commercial Flagging
>>                - Do not run
>>                - Run @ priority 1
>>                - Run @ priority 2
>>                - Run @ priority 3
>>                .
>>                .
>>                - Run @ priority 9
>>        * Transcoding
>>                - Do not run
>>                - Run @ priority 1
>>                .
>>                .
>>                - Run @ priority 9
>>

This sounds like a good structure to me. It provides complete 
flexibility to any user, as to which events take place, and when. The 
only other part needed would be to have a default setting for each flag 
(which would, hopefully, be the one used most). This might also usefully 
apply to the User Jobs (although I've never used one).

As to flagging accuracy, there are always programs which we don't really 
care too much if the cutting is wrong...and then there are those where 
we want every second, so as not to miss something, so this structure works!.

I say 'Go for it'  (although I won't have to wear my fingers to the bone 
coding changes!)....Oh, and I want it by tomorrow night!

Geoff