Mike Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I'm not a C programmer, so implementing MythRecommend directly in to > MythTV isn't something I have the time to do at this point. Coding the > client/server scripts though is what I do all day long, so its pretty > quick. Though, I'm sure a Myth developer could implement MythRecommend > in to MythTV in no time flat, the scripts store the data in the local > mythconverg database, so its just a matter of running a simple query and > making the interface to it. --PART II-- mythtv needs to draw people down the "long tail" from "popular shows" -to-> "obscure but related shows" i haven't used the mythrecommend script recently so i forget whether the perl script already does that by genre - ie. recommend other *less known comedies* for Simpsons viewers - so, don't recommend CSI or Futurama, even if Simpsons watchers watch them Basically, how do you picture the myth interface for this? 1) have a mythrecommend module accessible by: "manage recordings" -> "schedule recordings" -> "recommended shows" - this kind of misses the point though, since you have to go out of the way to do it I think that for it to be effective the interface must be done on a per episode basis --so option number 1) is out-- 2) put it somewhere in the "set recording options" screen - where you currently have "list upcoming episodes" and "program details" - make option for "list recommended shows"? 3) or put it under the context menu of the episode -"recording options" -> "recommended shows" - or even put it right uner "recording options" and "job options" either option 2 or 3 would bring up a kind of - a "program finder" that only lists recommended shows
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