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

[Peter Bennett]

On 3/26/22 13:48, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> 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.
>
> How do you order your list? I'm struggling to find a timestamp in any 
> mythtv database table that keeps track of when a program was last viewed.
>
> Paul.
>
leanfront keeps its own database in the android device. The Recently 
Viewed list is only applicable to what was watched on that device. I 
know that is not perfect. I do have a script for transferring it from 
one android device to another but that is an overwrite not a merge, so 
the receiving device's previous list is then lost.

Peter