[mythtv-users] MythFrontend 0.21: What is a watch list?

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 05:55:32 UTC 2008


On 10/03/2008, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
>  I'm sorry if this is obvious, or if I've missed the documentation, but
>  what is a watch list?  The release notes mention the new feature ("Added
>  Watch List feature to Watch Recordings listing programs most useful to
>  watch in order to catch up on series and shows you have fallen behind in
>  watching." just doesn't mean anything to me), but not what it is and how
>  to use it, and a search on the wiki came up blank.

There is a better description by the feature's creator, Bruce Markey,
on the changeset which introduced the Watch List feature:
http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/11310.

It really is a straightforward feature (using some complicated scoring
techniques), which tracks the oldest episodes of series and one-off
recordings you have recorded and should watch first in order to catch
up on your TV viewing. Whether you browse your recordings list in full
(which can take time if you have many recordings) or check each title
in turn, the Watch List can quickly show in a single listing which
recordings have been hanging around longest and should be watched
first.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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