[mythtv-users] How to get current movies into myth for later recording?

freedenizen freedenizen at gmail.com
Sun Aug 23 22:56:47 UTC 2009


On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Michael Rice<mikerice1969 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Frequently I will hear about a movie that I'd like to record someday
> when it ends up on TV/cable.
> I can manually create a recording rule but when your interface is a
> remote it's a little painful.
> I've used tvwish in the past but shelling to the myth box and adding
> the title to the list isn't
> always easy (especially for my wife).
>
> What I think might be nice is a myth plugin where you could browse
> through movies
> and see a description and if it was interesting push a button to add a
> recording rule.
> This wouldn't just contain movies from your program data but from an external
> database.  It would have different views such as "New Releases", "Now Showing",
> as well as by name, genre, year, etc.
>
> Is anyone aware of such a plugin out there somewhere?
> If not is there a database that myth could use without violating anyone's TOS?

Why not use mythweb and make a custom rule?  Pretty easy if you know
the title already.


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