[mythtv-users] Possible Addon Idea -- Program Suggestions

[Chris]

A better idea would be to do something like what mythbayes (
http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/mythbayes/) does but have it built into mythtv 
and have it transparent in the backend. Ideally the user wouldn't even see 
things being recorded, they would just show up and be marked differently.
ie. the box would schedule things while noone is viewing tv or recording that 
you might like but stop transparently if you start to watch tv (or better yet 
ask if you want to watch the recorded program or stop recording). Then the 
bayes scheduled recording would show up a different color in the recorded 
programs viewer. You could integrate an outside server into the whole 
situation to see what others are recording and allow that to influence the 
recordings, however it is unecessary I think.

My 2 cents

Chris




On June 25, 2004 03:21 pm, Matthew Lee Lemons wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm thinking of developing an addon that will work with mythtv to provide
> users with free programming suggestions based on their viewing habits.  My
> program would monitor mythtv frontend logs in conjunction with the mysql
> database to get viewing habits.  These would periodically be sent to my
> server.  My server would then use this data to generate personalized
> suggestions.  Users could then either log onto a website to view
> suggestions, have them emailed to them, or perhaps have suggestions
> automatically scheduled via the mythweb interface.
>
> I would *NEVER* release any collected data to any third party, and the
> service would remain free.
>
> I'm just wondering if the mythtv community has any thoughts about such a
> project, or if such a service would be useful.
>
> Thanks
>
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