Re: [mythtv-users] how about autocomplete a TV series? (more than just rec new ep's)
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:34:14AM -0600, Lane Schwartz wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:03:41 -0500, Graham Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't had a chance to try out tvwish yet, but it does look very cool. The TV series feature that I would love, though, is the option to view season number and episode number within Myth. The idea is that when you browse your recordings to view, in the box at the bottom that gives series name, episode name, and episode description, the season number and episode number would also be shown. I think there's enough room in the box to comfortably add this info. Unforunately this info is not really presented in a consistent way. The zap2it database gives an episode number but each series uses its own system of episode numbering. Some just start episodes at 1 and count up (no seasons provided.) Some have the first episode be 100, some 101, then move to season 2 with 200 or 20, some 1000, some 1001, some 01001 and so on. Some use letters in the episode number, and the letters are not A, B, C and so on, but something else internal. Some shows provide original airdate, which can be handy if you know when a show started and so on. In the end, it is possible somebody needs to go and build a big list for each series describing how it numbers its episodes. This would be handy in tvwish and in other programs. It's not out of the question that you might be able to make a program to intuit this information by scanning the database for a long period for every series now airing, and figure out which of the various patterns each series uses. There are probaby only about a dozen major patterns, you would need to do hand work for the minor patterns. For example, the first episode of M*A*S*H has episode number J301 -- I don't know what algorithm is going to figure that out. But if you want to do this, it could certainly be used. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how about autocomplete a TV series? (more than just rec new ep's)
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:03:41 -0500, Graham Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: colliepon wrote: [snip]It might be helpful (for instance) to complete whole seasons at a time if you didn't start in the first season, so you can burn off whole seasons at once for instance. Or make a list of which episodes you have, which episodes are missing, or prioritize to complete whole seasons from reruns if space is at a premium, etc. I'm sure other cool things could be done with the data. Would anyone else find this cool? This is your lucky day :) Check out the tvwish script by Brad Templeton (http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/tvwish.html). It does all that and more... I've been using it for a couple weeks now, and am quite pleased, especially by the movies it picks up. I haven't had a chance to try out tvwish yet, but it does look very cool. The TV series feature that I would love, though, is the option to view season number and episode number within Myth. The idea is that when you browse your recordings to view, in the box at the bottom that gives series name, episode name, and episode description, the season number and episode number would also be shown. I think there's enough room in the box to comfortably add this info. Having this info would really help me know when it's time to burn another DVD. For example, I could browse through and see that I have 6 consecutive episodes of That '70s Show from season 4 recorded. Ideally, I would like to also be able to sort the recordings for a TV series by season and episode. I suppose in practice this would be the same as sorting by original air date. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. One of these months I'm going to dust off my C++ skills and take a look at the Myth code :} Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] how about autocomplete a TV series? (more than just rec new ep's)
colliepon wrote: [snip]It might be helpful (for instance) to complete whole seasons at a time if you didn't start in the first season, so you can burn off whole seasons at once for instance. Or make a list of which episodes you have, which episodes are missing, or prioritize to complete whole seasons from reruns if space is at a premium, etc. I'm sure other cool things could be done with the data. Would anyone else find this cool? This is your lucky day :) Check out the tvwish script by Brad Templeton (http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/tvwish.html). It does all that and more... I've been using it for a couple weeks now, and am quite pleased, especially by the movies it picks up. Graham begin:vcard fn:Graham Dunn n:Dunn;Graham org:Inscriber - A Division of Leitch;IT adr:;;26 Peppler St.;Waterloo;Ontario;N2L1B6;Canada email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Manager tel;work:+1-519-570-9111 x 243 tel;fax:+1-519-570-9140 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.inscriber.com version:2.1 end:vcard ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
