[mythtv-users] Feature suggestion: Set record from URL
Ben Brown
mythtv at handcoder.com
Wed Mar 3 08:37:34 EST 2004
I understand the point of having you sites listed on a website, but for
that to really be useful, I have to go to your website. If I don't know
you or your website the chances of that are slim. If we went that route,
for me anyway, it would be a fairly useless feature. I wouldn't troll
websites looking for programs to watch. I can do that with the program
guide.
The database thing doesn't really seem that hard to me. Are there
specific concerns you see or problems that I might be missing?
Ben
Adrian Townsend wrote:
>I see it as a benefit also where say I have a personal
>website X and when you browse to X.com you'd see my
>page and see some shows I like . . . be able to
>schedule watchings or recordings. . . .the database is
>hard to do . . . . I see your point with that. . but
>perhaps having a serchable database of TV shows in
>general and a description of them?
>
>I mean this is WAY down the road . . .but have a
>database that you can just search through for "star
>trek" or "simpsons" or "documentaries about volcanoes"
>
>not a common viewing thing, just a general database .
>. so this isn't a feature I would reccomend for . ..
>.a long time.
>
>adrian
>--- Ben Brown <mythtv at handcoder.com> wrote:
>
>
>>The real benefit that I see would be aggregation of
>>the data and
>>recommendations based on your tastes in show. You
>>would need some type
>>of unique identifier for each person who submitted
>>data so the system
>>would not have duplicate copies of an individuals
>>data. Of course this
>>could be a randomly generated ID that would get
>>entered in the settings
>>submission program.
>>
>>The user stuff would just be a way for the system to
>>recommend shows to
>>record based on what shows your already recording.
>>If you went with the
>>random generated Identifier, you could use that to
>>keep track of who was
>>who. Problem with randomly generated id's is that
>>users tend to forget
>>what their ID.
>>
>>It would be possible to create a search based
>>recommendation. You go to
>>a site and say "I Iike XYZ" and it would respond
>>with " You should try
>>ABC, DEF, etc" This could be a completely anonymous
>>action, but would
>>only work if you had some people willing to give up
>>the anonymity to
>>populate the database.
>>
>>Ben
>>
>>Adrian Townsend wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>the accounts can come later but I like the links
>>>
>>>
>>idea
>>
>>
>>>What about having a separate small program that
>>>
>>>
>>could
>>
>>
>>>be installed on machines OTHER than the mythbox
>>>
>>>so if say I'm browsing a website with my
>>>
>>>
>>workstation
>>
>>
>>>it can send the info to my backend when I click a
>>>
>>>
>>link
>>
>>
>>>of a show I want to watch?
>>>
>>>I say thumbs up . .
>>>
>>>A0
>>>--- Ben Brown <mythtv at handcoder.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I like this idea. People could turn on the
>>>>
>>>>
>>feature
>>
>>
>>>>and once a day myth
>>>>would submit what they are recording to a global
>>>>database. Then we
>>>>could sort in all the standard ways (most popular,
>>>>least popular, most
>>>>popular by genre, location etc. )
>>>>
>>>>Even set it up so users could have a user
>>>>
>>>>
>>account.
>>
>>
>>>>You could track an
>>>>individuals recording preferences and make
>>>>suggestions based on their
>>>>myth setup. Then you could say "people who
>>>>recorded XYZ also recorded
>>>>ABC, DEF, GHI, etc."
>>>>
>>>>Ben
>>>>
>>>>Tony Maro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The thread on "What do you watch" got me to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>thinking...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>What about integrating a feature through the myth
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>web browser that you
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>can select a link on a site to trigger a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>recording
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>setup. It would
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>automatically set a show to record at any time on
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>any channel.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>With a feature like this, users of Myth could
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>publish pages of what
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>hot shows they watch and you could just click the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>link to set a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"record on any channel at any time" for that show
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>name.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>We've seen people ask for some of the Tivo like
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>force-feed options
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>(why?) and this would kind of solve that need as
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>well. For instance,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>you go to my site and I could have a page that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>says "if you like
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Stargate SG-1, try the following shows:" and then
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>list similar sci-fi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>content as a custom URL link.
>>>>>
>>>>>Of course this means a URL handler would need to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>be registered.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Something like:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>mythtv://Stargate%20SG-1/once/Window&20Of&20Opportunity
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>would set it to record the Stargate SG-1 "Window
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Of Opportunity"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>episode next time it's on.
>>>>>
>>>>>mythtv://Stargate%20SG-1/all
>>>>>
>>>>>would of course record all episodes on any
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>channel
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>from here on out.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>To take it a step further, I could list a website
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>of all stargate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>episodes with MythTV links so if there was a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>specific episode you
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>hadn't seen, you could just click the link and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>your MythTV would
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>record THAT episode next time it's on (even if 3
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>months later.) (I
>>>>
>>>>
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