[mythtv-users] Integrating non-traditional program sources into MythTV (won't tell you what it 'was:')

Andrew Close aclose at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 13:57:47 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> the program guide definitely makes sense for broadcast programs (i.e.
>> tv) especially since that's a very common or 'standard' way of viewing
>> program data even if you're not familiar with Myth.  however, i agree
>> that it may not be the best way to display other media that isn't
>> necessarily on a time schedule.  but something similar, say a program
>> matrix, could be potentially used with the same sort of look and feel.
>>  you could probably even mix and match between traditional broadcast
>> 'tv' and nuveux media (podcasts, vodcasts, webcasts, etc).  the user
>> doesn't necessarily need a time/date grid to know what's available for
>> recording/capturing/downloading.  they just need to know what is
>> available and that it will show up on their system in the next week or
>> so.  not knowing anything about the code for the existing schedule
>> guide, i'd still guess that this would be best implemented separately.
>
>
> You mean a matrix like a gallery view in MythVideo?   :)

possibly.  i don't use gallery view in MythVideo so i'm not sure. :)

-- 
Andrew Close


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