[mythtv] 'recommendations' section

[Keith C]

Good idea. I had been toying with different strategies for a
recommendations section as well, but you are obviously way ahead of me.

I haven't looked at this code yet, but what type of brain do you
envision?  Will it be solely based on the single user's viewing habits,
or do we want to attempt some type of collaborative system, like
Amazon's recommendations?  If you want to go collaborative there are all
sorts of details to work out, but I'd be more than willing to help.

Keith C

On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 18:30, Kirby Vandivort wrote:
> This patch is version 0.001 of a 'recommendations' section for 
> myth.
> 
> It isn't totally refined yet, and certainly isn't perfect, but I'd be
> happy if others were interested in trying it out and seeing how well
> it does for them.  Release early, release often.
> 
> A few things..  The patch is made off of current CVS.  I haven't
> added the code to cvs.sql that is needed (it's a bit of a pain to
> keep the numbers up to date if others clobber my numbers before this
> gets committed), but I'm including it here.
> 
> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS recommend
> (
>     chanid INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
>     starttime TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
>     endtime TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
>     title VARCHAR(128) NULL,
>     subtitle VARCHAR(128) NULL,
>     description TEXT NULL,
>     category VARCHAR(64) NULL,
>     category_type VARCHAR(64) NULL,
>     airdate YEAR NOT NULL,queiter
>     stars FLOAT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
>     previouslyshown TINYINT NOT NULL default '0',
>     worth double,
>     PRIMARY KEY (chanid, starttime),
>     INDEX (endtime),
>     INDEX (title)
> );
> 
> 
> 
> There are four new files that are also attached, along with the patch.
> The top lines of the patch tell where they go.
> 
> 
> 
> The recommendations are currently being calculated when new data
> is downloaded from the web.  (I have about a million ideas of where
> I want to eventually go with this, but "release early..."..  Once
> have patched and reinstalled everything, you can force it to
> calculate recommendations for you by running
> 
> mythfilldatabase --onlyrecommend
> 
> 
> To access this in the GUI, go to TV | Schedule Recordings and there
> will be a new option to View Recommendations.   They are sorted by what
> it thinks you will like the best.  You can then select one and choose
> to record it.
> 
> 
> This release is basically to get it out there.  Like I said, I have 
> a lot of things planned.  Refinements to the "brain", enhancements
> to the gui, optional autorecording of recommendations with settings,
> collaborative filtering (eventually) etc. etc..  release early; 
> release often..
> 
> But, the road to anywhere begins with a single step.  So, feel free and
> play with it.  My only requirement is that give me useful feedback.  :)
> 
>