[mythtv-users] What is being worked on for 0.26?

[Steven Adeff]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:46 PM, digid myth <digidmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems we all use myth a little differently, which just goes to show how
> versatile the system is.
>
> So maybe the best solution is to have an option to pull data from both
> recordings and videos together for those that would like to see them
> together.  In my case I do not think that would work well as we have our
> videos sorted in folders based on genre in most cases, so if you want to
> watch a western it's in the western folder. If you want to watch season 1 of
> dirty jobs it's in tv shows/dirty jobs/ season 1. It also makes it easyer
> for the kids to find something on their cinema tube boxes in their rooms. I
> have a script that builds links to what they can watch from the db based on
> ratings and share it via samba. In my case the live tv and recordings are
> not something the younger kids do not have access to.
>
> The point is we have each adapted myth to best fit our needs. So the use
> cases are going to be all over the place.  The developers have given us
> great flexibility and a great system. I don't think any of us want to loose
> something we already have, which makes change even harder, and a lot more
> work for the developers.  Look back at all the complaints about the changes
> in  .25 myth music. Lots of people are not happy with that while others like
> the new system. For the record we use iTunes for music at our house as we
> are apple and iPhone users also.
>
> Bottom line is that we need to all be thankfully for what the developers
> have done, and we need to also let thm know how we use the system so they
> can make good choices in the direction the oft ware is going.
>
> I didn't mean to stir up a hornets nest, I was just voicing my opinion of
> how and why we like them separate at our house.
>
> Dale

from your previous email, it just sounds like a paradigm shift on your part.

there is no reason given in your previous email that the two could not
successfully be combined and not still be 100% usable by what you are
trying to do.


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