[mythtv-users] Integrating non-traditional program sources into MythTV (won't tell you what it 'was:')

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 01:37:19PM -0500, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >    I agree.  I have this on my TODO as part of finishing the MythNews RSS
> >    enclosure support but I'm starting to see some value in taking this
> out of
> >    MythNews and putting it more into the mainline frontend.  I just
> updated my
> >    home system to SVN with QT4 so I'm just about ready to start looking
> at the
> >    code.
>
> (Yo, everybody!  Shut up now!  That's a better response than I
> expected.  :-)


It is an interesting conundrum.  It really can't be integrated into searches
per se because it isn't guide data.  It doesn't fit in the traditional role
of the program guide because the programs are instantly available without
notice.  How did you envision this appearing?  Would you expect to see feed
"recording rules" along side normal rules in the Recording Priorities list?
I can see that, but then also it really doesn't require a priority because
it can't compete with other rules.  I can't see them appearing in the guide
because, again, we have no future data for the feed.  The only place they
really need to appear is 1) Watch Recordings and 2) The screens you use to
set them up.

Since 1) is just a DB import, 2) really is the crux and seems to really be
best managed by MythNews which already has the facility for setting up feeds
on the frontend.  What were your ideas?

Kevin
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