[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #10250: Big Mythgame patch

[Stuart Morgan]

On Tuesday 10 Jan 2012 14:23:20 MythTV wrote:
> #10250: Big Mythgame patch
> Comment (by psycho_driver@…):
> 
>  My concern with a single rating value is that if a user changes the
>  rating, and then does a metadata refresh which pulls a rating value, the
>  user-assigned value will be overwritten.  I suppose one way of avoiding
>  this would be to not overwrite any non-zero rating value with new
>  metadata.

Once you own a title does the rating given by other people matter? I 
understand how a rating can help in the decision to obtain a game/video/other 
but surely after that it's your opinion, your rating, which is important. So I 
don't see the need for two rating fields and we shouldn't overwrite the user's 
rating.

> A downside to this would be that the rating would remain static
> after an initial pull, even if it had shifted significantly on the source.

So the only way that that it becomes an issue is if you've acquired a game but 
don't play it for a very long period (weeks/months) - just how likely is that? 
If you've played it you've formed your own opinion and changed the rating so 
you're no longer interested in the one from the metadata source.

I often find myself in a minority on these sorts of issues, I clearly don't 
always understand my fellow man so maybe I'm wrong.
-- 
Stuart Morgan