<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 May 2012 06:09, nospam312 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nospam312@gmail.com" target="_blank">nospam312@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I did not expect to open a can of worms.<br>
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This is my vision (or dream if you like) hopefully explained a bit better.<br>
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(Really simplifying now - I get it this would be a huge task)<br>
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When I originally suggested that Recordings and Videos are combined I<br>
was thinking the Recordings could be tagged with "Recordings" and<br>
Videos tagged with "Videos".<br>
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Videos and Recordings have very similar data and I suspect and with a<br>
few differences here and there they have a very similar interface to<br>
the user. This would allow Myth to be maintained and upgraded easier<br>
and make the overall experience to the user simpler.<br>
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If we have this tagging system in the theme you could display a button<br>
for a "listing" for tag "recordings". You could display a button for<br>
a "listing" for tag "Videos". This could all be combined into a<br>
screen where the tags to display would also be fully selectable also.<br>
I would define a button for a "listing" for tag "Videos and<br>
Recordings" giving me my combined listing. Nothing is lost but<br>
everything is gained!<br>
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The options are infinite - I could have tags for "User1" and "User2".<br>
I could then in a theme display a button for a "listing" for tags<br>
"recordings and user2" and perhaps with a specific option of "locked"<br>
which would mean the tags can't be changed meaning this install/user<br>
of mythfrontend would only be able to see these specifically tagged<br>
recordings and nothing else.<br>
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I could even go as far to say yes lets include music also. You can<br>
play music, pause it, fast forward it, if you have a graphic equaliser<br>
or other visualisation (cover art) it even has a visual aspect just<br>
like a video - it is very similar to Videos/Recordings.<br>
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Other special tags could replace Storage Groups, Recording Groups and the rest.<br>
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A single screen that allows you to view tagged "stuff" (perhaps music<br>
but currently that may be taking it too far) is a huge change but I<br>
think if it is done correctly with the necessary display options it<br>
would make MythTV out of this world!<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>My 2 cents and random thoughts,<br><br>Video Folder paths could also just be another tag, which would also allow you to do the opposite with recordings to be displayed in videos in a Recordings "Folder" which is read from the tag.<br>
<br>With music I always wanted the visualisation option to play music video if available, music videos/Concerts for me are a grey area as are they aren't really TV (Recording) nor a movie (Video) and actually fit better as music and there really isn't a good source of metadata for music videos although some concerts can be found in movie metadata....<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Anthony<br></div></div><br>