[mythtv-users] Watched Recordings

Jon jon.the.wise.gdrive at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 07:39:57 UTC 2008


I know that myth doesn't officially have multi-user support, but I  
also know that it keeps track of the different frontends.

Here's my problem:

I have 2 crack-addicted mythtv watchers. If there's something new on  
the 'tivo' (I can't even get them to call it by a proper name)  
they're going to watch it right now. I could record 20 hours of stuff  
a day, and they would probably put an effort in to watch it all (or  
at least the shows they were interested in. I do have a couple they  
don't care about, but mostly, if it's new, they're going to gorge  
themselves on it. I realize that this is a different issue  
altogether, and I try really hard to phase them out of the sitting in  
front of the TV for hours a day, but that's another battle. As is,  
I'm still fighting with them over live TV. Anyway. Back on point. So,  
what I want, is to know what *I* have watched. I could give a shit  
about what *THEY* have watched, because that's basically everything  
on the myth box.

Is this new feature going to be able to discern my watching habits  
from theirs, provided I watch all my shows on a separate frontend? If  
so, how will I have to go about configuring this? If not, where  
should I start looking in the code to start making changes (mind you,  
I will have the code on one screen, learning C++ on another, and a  
big old book on C++ in a nutshell handy, because I don't know C. I  
know a bit of VB, and Perl)?

~Jon


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