[mythtv-users] What is being worked on for 0.26?

[Karl Dietz]

On 29.05.2012 21:02, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Karl Dietz
> <dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org>  wrote:
>> On 29.05.2012 16:15, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 09:07:02 AM jedi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   For video compilations and concert videos, this would actually make
>>>> a certain amount of sense. Soundtracks could also be stored with the
>>>> movie they are from.
>>>>
>>>>     The same performer appearing across different media types certainly
>>>> isn't
>>>> unheard of.
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, these are edge case - not general content. The vast majority of tv
>>> recordings don't have anywhere near the amount of meta info for what you
>>> describe to be possible.
>>
>>
>> which is why we want a community project with an sophisticated schema
>> and editing process, like musicbrainz but with tv data. Lets call it
>> tvbrainz :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Karl
>
> or, http://thetvdb.com/
> ?

sadly not.

from the top of my head:
* no names for seasons (some series have different title/subtitle
   per season, e.g. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Princess )
   relevant for Anime, too. where the difference between different
   seasons of one series and spin-offs appears to be fluid, see
   http://forums.thetvdb.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9890
* no aliases for episodes (e.g. Stargate Atlantis has different episode
   titles depending on the broadcasting station, see
 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Stargate-Atlantis-Episoden#Staffel_2 
)
* no direct editing of good data. (you post a request to the forum on
   tvdb vs. you edit directly and other editors vote on your edit)
* API doesn't allow searching for series alias name or episode name

IMHO its the best database that is available to us at the moment, but
I like the concepts behind musicbrainz a lot more.

Regards,
Karl