[mythtv-users] how to improve Myth (was "OT: I'm streaming Netflix on my Linux box")

[jedi]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:19:39AM -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:14 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> >     I am less bothered that different types of media are handled with
> > different plugins. What seems problematic to me is that different types
> > of copies of the same exact content is handled differently and there isn't
> > any communication between the 2 handlers. It would be very handy for the
> > scheduler to know that it can record the last 3 seasons of TNG or the last
> > 5 seasons of SG1 without wasting space, duplicating effort and needlessly
> > tying up a tuner recording the others.
> 
> 
> Hard problem to solve.  There is no reason you can't import your TNG/SG1
> episodes into Watch Recordings (plenty of scripts exist to do this) but you
> also have to match the title/subtitle fairly exactly for Myth to be able to
> know definitively that these are the same episodes.  You could guess at the
> episode numbers with some accuracy using past recordings as an example but
> again, it's a very manual process that would be hard to manage from the
> 10ft. interface.

    Yup, this is why the metadata needs to be more unified.

    It's the kind of nuissance that screams for better automation.

    It's bound to dampen someone's enthusiasm.