[mythtv-users] Multi-Select?

[David]

PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:

>>>>>myth at dgreaves.com 05/25/04 11:53AM >>>
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>>mythtv at wentland.net wrote:
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>>>Been using Mythtv for a couple of months now and it is the shiznit!!
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>>>Is there a way to select a bunch of shows to watch one after another?
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>>>Here is the problem... kids scream down to me every time Spongebob ends so
>>>that I have to stop whatever it is I am doing to run upstairs and select
>>>another Spongebob to play.  It would be nice to select all episodes of a
>>>certain show to play.
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>>Not that I know of :)
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>>From a UI point of view it would 'work' if pressing play on the 'show 
>>name'  (ie not the individual episode) popped up a box and said : "Play 
>>selected/Play all (reverse order)/Select"
>>Select could then go back to the UI and let you pick episodes to play
>>Finally returning to the showname would play them
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>>Sounds like an interesting 'first time coder' challenge :)
>>First code the pop-up
>>Then play all (reverse)
>>Then 'select'
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>>I'll add this to the WishList on the wiki
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>>David
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>I think a better option wouldbe a "playlist" rather than all of one 
>show.  Once I get myth actually running on my system, I'd help 
>with implementing a playlist that could queue up many different 
>shows (Spongebob, Rocket Power, Bugs Bunny, etc.) so there 
>would be a bit of variety rather than an "All Spongebob fest."
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That's what I had in mind with 'select' - use the standard "play 
recorded shows" UI but in different (and obvious!) mode so each time you 
hit 'play' it adds to the playlist. Need an 'exit' but that's easy.

David