[mythtv-users] Re: Announcing TVWish Beta -- A super wishlist for Myth

[Brad Templeton]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 02:53:59AM -0800, Brad wrote:
> Wow. This is really cool. I can't wait to see this grow into a full 
> Myth module! Seems to be working for me and this solves a big problem 
> I've had with Myth so far... knowing what to record! I only record a 
> couple of shows that I know I'll like (Daily Show, Passionate Eye, 
> Trailer Park Boys), but otherwise I'm quite clueless. This is a neat 
> way to get recommendations on programs to check out without spending 
> countless hours scrolling through TV listings.
> 
> A few comments on my very limited (4 hrs) exposure so far: (I using 
> .16 and FC1, if it makes a diff)
> 
> - Although my install seems to be working, for some reason it doesn't 
> seem to be recording Simpsons episodes. I'm using the included 
> "simpsons-tvtome" listing... here's my /personal/master line:
>      Include: lists/simpsons-tvtome minrank=200 Priority=-9

A dorky typo is the cause of this.   In the file lists/simpsons-tvtome
on the first line it says "The Simsons".   

To which I can only say....   D'OH!


> - Is there any way to set the recording profile? I almost always 
> record at "low quality" and noticed that this always seems to us 
> "Default" quality. It might be nice to ba able to set movies to use 
> high quality while the simpsons, for example, uses low.

Not currently though this would not be too hard to add.  I had figured
that somebody who "almost always records at low quality" would make their
"default" quality to be a low quality.

I mean I could let you set just about all of myth's many parameters, but
for now focussed on the main ones.