Watching the Watchers Re: [mythtv] Proposed alternate behaviour for show delete

[Brad Templeton]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 02:15:45PM -0500, andrew burke wrote:
> > Having actual users mark shows as watched would probably be the ultimate
> > goal, but something like this I think would work wonders in the mean
> > time.
> 
> I'd like to third this request.
> 
> Realize that having 'users' isn't quite the same as a high-security
> situation: you would just put in the names of the people in your
> household.  Anyone can set a marker on a given show as far as who's
> watched it.  Ie, for my apartment it would show, on the show info screen,
> a list of the 'users':
> 
> Users   | Seen It
> -----------------
> Andy         1
> Jeremy       0
> Matt         0
> Dana         0

While I like this concept I find the UI possibly too complex for most.

The system can, however, with no UI, count how many times a program has
been watched, ie. played through to within 10% of the end.   This number
can be displayed in the delete or end-of-program menus.  With just 2 or
3 watchers of a show, people can then figure out if the others have
watched it.  With 4 different watchers it might get a bit difficult, but
I think that's rare.