[mythtv-users] Thoughts on a Stats Reporting Module

[daryl faulds]

--- Josh Burks <jburks at mktinsights.com> wrote:
> I know Tivo does this, not sure about ReplayTV. I
> think it would be nice 
> if MythTV had a stats reporting feature. I wouldn't
> have to be extra 
> fancy (e.g. Tivo keep stats on button presses! I
> think the Super Bowl / 
> Janet Jackson clip take the cake on the most times
> the "rewind" button 
> was pressed!), just something to keep track of the
> most watched/recorded 
> channel, show, episode, movie, etc. It could even
> keep track of kernel 
> versions and distro versions, and we could all see
> at a glance which is 
> the most popular flavor of linux is running our Myth
> boxes.
> 
> I don't think this would be hard to implement on the
> client side, just 
> some sort of daily script (Cron job?) that scanned
> the db for recording 
> names, channels, etc, and sent the stats to a master
> server. The server 
> side implementation would collect the data, parse it
> into a db, and post 
> it to a webpage.
> 
> FYI: before someone replies back and says "Gee, that
> sounds like a good 
> project for you to take on", I just want to let you
> know that I'm WAY to 
> busy, and trust me, I'd like to do this, I just have
> no free time right now.
> 
> -- 
> Josh Burks
> 
I dunno. MythTV does not capture viewer files now.
That is one of my reasons for going with it. Not that
I am watching anything all that interesting, I just
think the "hands-off" aspect of it is a nice feature.


	
		
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