[mythtv] Brainstorming a new idea for the program guide

Jochen Kühner jochen.kuehner at gmx.de
Tue Sep 22 05:40:21 UTC 2009


There are also many myth users wich don't use scheudles direct (like 
me). I use over the air epg in germany!

Am 22.09.2009 07:29, schrieb Jay Merrifield:
> Wouldn't the easiest way of figuring out how many people are using 
> myth by counting the number of requests to the schedules direct 
> service? Or even the number of accounts using the schedules direct 
> service? Without program guide data, they wouldn't be making any 
> requests to tvdb
>
> Jay
>
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> > In the past month (Aug 21 to Sept 20th), we had 13,000 downloads of
> > 0.21 from mythtv.org <http://mythtv.org>. Let's assume that 10,000 of 
> them actually used
> > the software
>
> wow, a 70% conversion rate? My experience with most software
> download/usage rates is 5% or less, so I'd expect way less than 1000
> users (maybe 500?) of those actually and actively using the software.
> With mythtv's steep configuration learning curve, and requirement for
> custom hardware it's probably 10% of that again.
>
> I have no figures to support my claim, but then neither did the
> previous poster. :-)
>
> Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. :-)
>
> Buzz.
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