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

[Paul Gardiner]

On 26/03/2022 21:47, Peter Bennett wrote:
> On 3/26/22 15:58, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> On 26/03/2022 19:12, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I don't really find that a problem. I wasn't expecting to be able to 
>> make use of the leanfront list in mythfrontend, but it does mean that 
>> improving mythfrontend's watch list would be more difficult than I 
>> thought.
>>
>> The one enhancement I'd like in leanfront's list would be for the next 
>> of episode of a series to be queued up automatically when you've 
>> finished the last.
>>
>>
> I am not sure what you mean by "Queued Up". There is the ability to make 
> it automatically play the next episode when it finishes the current one. 
> This is the button called "Play Related Videos" in the On Screen Display 
> during playback. If you activate that, it will continue playing all 
> episodes of a series unit you stop it. I should rename it as "Autoplay" 
> because that is what the streaming services call it. I also am 
> considering adding a setting to allow users to have it automatically 
> activated for all playback, instead of having to go in and select it 
> after starting playback.

Yeah, "Queued up" is not the best phrase. I meant, if I go back to the 
list after finishing one episode, I see the next episode already in 
there. I hadn't noticed autoplay. That sounds as good. I'll give it a try.

Paul.