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

[Peter Bennett]

On 3/27/22 06:41, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> 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.
> _______________________________________________
>
Another thing you may not have noticed: In the episode details page or 
during playback if you press down arrow you see a list of the episodes 
of the series that are not yet watched or deleted. This list can be 
customized in the settings as to whether it should show watched or 
deleted episodes or not. You can select the next episode from there and 
play it.

Peter