[mythtv-users] VCR Plus ("ShowView")

[Torsten Rupp]

Dear MythTV-users and developers,

1)

Maybe this question is not new, but upto now I did not found any hint in the 
mailing list to it:

Using the EPG database for scheduling records is nice. But because some 
program is needed to fill the database regularly from a source e. g. in the 
internet this is some additional work. In Germany the VCR Plus programming 
system (called "ShowView") is very popular for standard video recorders. 
Because the VRC Plus/ShowView numbers are printed in all TV magazines it 
would be very convenient to be able to use this system in MythTV, too 
(additional to the EPG!). So, I just looked in the internet how this could 
be done and I found some sources describing the decoding of the VRC Plus/
ShowView numbers. Unfortunatelly not all numbers can be decoded, but at least 
most of it. Thus, I have the following idea for a feature:

What about to integrate a field in the manual recording menu for entering VCR 
Plus/ShowView numbers?

If needed (and I find some free time to do it), I can adapt one of the 
decoding sources to be usable in MythTV (e. g. a C-function which get a String 
and return the recording settings if decoding is possible). Would there 
someone who is able to make the needed modifications in the recording menu?

2)

Some other thing about recording: it seems currently it is possible to record 
daily, but no e.g. from Monday to Friday. Also is seems the recording is only 
done if the EPG database contain enough data. Is it possible to program a 
recording e.g. from Mo-Fr only and without any EPG data available? For series 
this would be nice, e. g. in Germany there are some which are transmitted 
from Monday to Friday only.

Some input field in the manual recording menu would be nice for this, too.

Bye,

Torsten