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

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Mon Aug 24 00:37:13 UTC 2009


On Sunday 23 August 2009 18:20:09 Michael Rice wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM, freedenizen<freedenizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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).
> >
> > Why not use mythweb and make a custom rule?  Pretty easy if you know
> > the title already.
>
> I am looking for something you can do in front of the TV, with the
> remote, without
> typing in titles.  The real idea is to browse through movies listings
> and stumble
> across movies you might be interested in then just hit a button to record
> when it becomes available in the future.

You'd have to have some database to browse other than Myth's, as that is only 
2 weeks. Maybe browse the IMDB?

Then you'd need some way to get from that database to Myth's, and tell it to 
record.

That's more complex than I would want to do with a "ten foot interface", but 
it's probably doable.

I mentioned TVWish earlier without attribution, sorry,  I sould have included 
the URL:

http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/tvwish.html

It's the closest thing I think you are likely to find, but please let me know 
if you find (or write) something better. Myth is mentioned in the second 
sentence, so it's aware of Myth. The site lists ways to get lists to browse 
to find movies.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org


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