[mythtv-users] The watch list could actually be useful with a little work

[Paul Gardiner]

On 19/03/2022 18:53, Peter Bennett wrote:> On 3/19/22 12:32, Paul 
Gardiner wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something but, currently, the watch list seems 
>> entirely useless: everything is in there, and it takes an age to find 
>> what you want. I never use it. It just struck me that it could be 
>> useful if it behaved just a little differently:
>>
>>  * Recording a series *doesn't* cause that series to be added to the 
>> watch list automatically.
>>
>>  * Watching any episode of a series causes it to be added.
>>
>>  * There's a way within the UI to explicitly remove a series even 
>> though you haven't finished watching it.
>>
>> I'm not sure I fancy taking this on, but just thought I'd see what 
>> people make of the idea.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     Paul.
>> _______________________________________________
>>
> This is what leanfront does in the "Recently viewed" list. leanfront is 
> an alternative to mythfrontend. It has a different UI and needs an 
> android TV device. If you don't have an Android TV device you can get an 
> onn from Walmart for $20.
> 
> https://github.com/bennettpeter/android-MythTV-Leanfront#readme
> 
> The "recently viewed" list is local on leanfront, so if you have 
> multiple android tv devices each has its own list. There is a process to 
> copy the list from one to another but it overwrites what was on the 
> receiving device. It does not merge the lists.

It was partly the fact that leanfront's "Recently viewed" list is 
actually useful that made me think this, but there's a nice aspect of 
mythfrontend's watch list that leanfront doesn't seem to include. If a 
series is in the watchlist then it shows the oldest episode that has yet 
to be watched; with leanfront - after watching one episode - I seem to 
have to watch a few seconds of the next, otherwise the series is lost 
from the list.

Paul.