[mythtv] Ticket #5021: Add some info to mythweb popups

Tony Lill ajlill at ajlc.waterloo.on.ca
Mon Mar 24 06:05:56 UTC 2008


"Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> writes:

> On 03/23/2008 01:10 PM, MythTV wrote:
>> #5021: Add some info to mythweb popups
>>
>>  This patch adds the programid, which is usefull in deciding between "Don't
>>  record" and "Never record".
>
> The only way I could see the programid being useful in deciding between 
> don't record and never record is if you're trying to find out if it's a 
> generic episode (which are ignored for duplicate matching).  If that's 
> the case, rather than rely on the user understanding the Schedules 
> Direct mechanism for specifying a generic program, why not just add the 
> interpreted information (i.e. the generic column--which is also used for 
> non-SD data) rather than the raw data?

a) Never thought of it.
b) Knowing the ProgramID could be usefull for other reasons, otherwise
why has it appeared as a column in the Recorded Programs page?

-tony


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