[mythtv] Introduction LONG (was Re: Interesting Comparison)

[Lasse Nisted]

Hmm. After having thought about it. Why even peek at the clock? As it's
supposedly
pretty random (maybe some random point in a playlist to get series in order)
why
not just pick totally randomly from a playlist opun starting (maybe even
ffwd a random
amount into the flick)?

I know this seems like loosing the whole idea of "channels". But I actually
can't see the
difference. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

- Lasse

On 3/5/06, Martin Møller <martin at martinm-76.dk> wrote:
>
> Good point.
>
> That would fit right in with how MythTV works already. I suppose all you
> need
> is a new form of virtual capture card to do this.
>
> It seems like the design is almost done, then ;)
>
> /Martin.
>
> Søndag 05 marts 2006 12:59 skrev Lasse Nisted:
> > Hmm.
> > Why not populate the program guide with data about playing times, etc.
> > Then when changing channels it should just query the system clock and
> > use that to query the guide for which program to play and then goto a
> > specific
> > position in that program. Thus not having to maintain any counters while
> > not watching.
> > Only thing is to update the program guide with "random" titles. This
> could
> > be done when
> > updating the real channels.
> >
> > - Lasse
> >
> > On 3/5/06, Martin Møller <martin at martinm-76.dk> wrote:
> > > Just a thought about a possible implementation that shouldn't load the
> > > machine
> > > too much. I can't really help with implementing it though :-/
> > >
> > > For each channel you have a set to videos. That much is established.
> > > You want it to work pretty much like LiveTV. Okay.
> > > Given that, a short delay on 'changing channels' should be acceptible.
> > >
> > > This is what I though when I first read the start of the thread:
> > >
> > > When you have set up the channels and possibly randomized the set of
> > > movies to
> > > play in each one, why not simply query the 'active' movie in each
> > > 'channel'
> > > for it's length and then just count upwards until the file is done,
> not
> > > actually playing that file unless someone has 'tuned' to the channel?
> > >
> > > You could then look at the next movie in the queue maybe 30 seconds
> > > before the
> > > current one ends and have the starting point in that movie ready when
> the
> > > one
> > > before finishes. That way, if no one is watching, all you would have
> > > running
> > > extra would be, say, 4-10 counters in some semi-backend process. That
> > > shouldn't load the machine much and all movies should be easy to query
> > > for their actual lengths.
> > >
> > > Of course it gets a bit tricky it you should also be able to go back
> to
> > > the
> > > beginning of a movie currently playing, but it would probably be
> easier
> > > to call up it's information and have some option to launch it from the
> > > beginning
> > > which you when pretty much simply run mythtv on that movie and exit
> the
> > > channel.
> > >
> > > Just a thought.
> > >
> > > /Martin.
> > >
> > > Søndag 05 marts 2006 10:26 skrev Anthony Benjamin:
> > > > First off, sorry that this reply is probably not going to thread
> > >
> > > correctly,
> > >
> > > > but I usually read the lists out of the archives, and decided to
> join,
> > >
> > > in
> > >
> > > > part, so I could reply to this thread.
> > > >
> > > > I think that the 'custom channel' idea is very, very good. I find
> that
> > > > I share much of the same viewing habits as the OP, and I would love
> if
> > > > a channel that was in the EPG was just randomly selected videos out
> of
> > > > my collection. I started looking at the MythTV codebase to see how
> > >
> > > something
> > >
> > > > like this could be done. I think what you would want to do is create
> a
> > >
> > > new
> > >
> > > > recording source and establish channels on that new recording
> source.
> > >
> > > The
> > >
> > > > channels themselves could have definitions like, all mythvideos that
> > > > fit into *simpsons*. This would allow for very fine grained control
> > > > over
> > >
> > > what
> > >
> > > > was shown on the channel. Then maybe modify mythfilldatabase so that
> > >
> > > when
> > >
> > > > the EPG is populated with your regular broadcast information, movies
> > > > fitting the guidelines for the channels you established were also
> > > > populated... looking at the codebase, I quickly became lost on where
> I
> > > > would have to add some of this functionality.
> > > >
> > > > I'd appreciate hearing more thoughts on how we could accomplish this
> > > > feature... or towards where in the code I should look. Thanks :-)
> > >
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