On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 08:55:14AM -0500, Joseph Caputo wrote: > Jeff Simpson wrote: > >I just thought of this idea and wanted to share it before I forgot it > >again. > > > >What if there were a way from within myth to look through the program > >guide, and on the information screen, download and watch the trailer > >from it if there is one found? Or additionally, have a plugin that is > >in the media library that basically says "watch trailers" where it > >will list off all the movie trailers it finds on some website and if > >you select one it will download and watch it. (kinda like the > >video-on-demand trailers on comcast). > > > >It's just an idea, I don't have the time to implement it or anything, > >I just wanted to put it out there in case there was anyone thinking > >"what could make myth even better?" > > > >ps - I don't know if there is a particular website to list off movie > >trailers, but I'm sure one must exist. Whether or not they mind us > >scraping their page and downloading their trailers is a different > >story... > > Apple might be a good place to try for trailers (www.apple.com/quicktime). > > Personally, I think a more useful plugin would be movie time listings > from local theaters. I know Apple's 'Sherlock' tool gets this > information (as well as the trailers) via a feed from one of their > partners (i.e., no scraping needed), but I haven't seen anyone try to > leech off of it yet... I'm sure it wouldn't make Apple happy.
How about bookmark a search for "movie:your-zip-code" on google into your mythweb bookmarks?
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