[mythtv-users] making my own recording categories

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 13, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:

> My MythTV (0.21) pretty much lives on the Watch Recordings screen, the
> 2-column display with programs on the left and episodes on the  
> right. I
> have a mix of episodic and singular programs of various categories all
> jumbled together, and I'd like to simplify those. This arrangement  
> is fine
> for episodic programs with a one-many relationship, but becomes  
> cluttered
> with movies and singular recordings with no episodic relationships.  
> I have
> asked before (badly I think) how to organise them more simply and  
> kept the
> replies and even in going back through them and Googling recently I  
> still
> don't see how to do what I want. I don't want to Filter, or use the
> theme-oriented Groups available.

> So here's a better description hopefully.
>
> I'd like to be able to create 2 left-side entries: Movies and  
> Recordings,
> so I can put singular recordings into their own container and get  
> them out
> of the left-side list. Then I would have
>
>  All Programs
>  Movies
>  Recordings
>  episodic program 1
>  ...
>  episodic program N

This looks eerily close to Filters or theme-oriented Groups that are  
available but you don't want to use.

>
> It would be a bonus if new recordings could be put into their  
> respective
> category, but I'd be happy to have a way to move them somehow, even if
> it's some SQL juggling.
>
> Thanks for all ideas.

You can use MythVideo for your movies and Watch Recordings for normal  
TV programs. There's even patch that provides a menu item to move  
something from Recordings to Videos. I don't recall exactly where it  
is because I just do it by hand, but I believe it's as close as you  
can get without doing any theme development/code enhancements.

However, you may not want to change from Watch Recordings to MythVideo  
for some reason.

-Brad